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Pope-Leighey House, 9000 Richmond Highway (moved from Falls Church, Virginia), Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Pope-Leighey House, 9000 Richmond Highway (moved from Falls Church, Vi...

Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright designed this house, which was built in 1940 for Loren B. Pope. An example of Wright's "Usonian House," the structure, in danger of demolition in 1965 for a highway right-of-wa... More

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette Co...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937,... More

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette Co...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937,... More

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette Co...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937,... More

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette Co...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937,... More

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette Co...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937,... More

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette Co...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937,... More

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette Co...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937,... More

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette Co...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937,... More

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette Co...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937,... More

Cedric & Patricia Boulter House, 1 Rawson Woods Circle, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cedric & Patricia Boulter House, 1 Rawson Woods Circle, Cincinnati, Ha...

2009 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The house is a two-story, in-line solar hemicycle, Usonian-design home set into a southeast-facing hill overlooking Rawson Woods Park. The interio... More

Park Inn, 15 West State Street, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, IA

Park Inn, 15 West State Street, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, IA

Significance: Built in the Prairie style, this is the only remaining hotel designed by Wright. Survey number: HABS IA-80 Building/structure dates: 1909- 1910 Initial Construction

Herbert F. Johnson, Jr., Wingspread, residence in Racine, Wisconsin. Living room, dining room section I

Herbert F. Johnson, Jr., Wingspread, residence in Racine, Wisconsin. L...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana Thomas House interior, Springfield, Illinois

Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana Thomas House interior, Springfield, Illinois

Springfield's Dana-Thomas House is the best preserved and most complete of Frank Lloyd Wright's early "Prairie" houses. The structure has changed little since its construction in 1902-04 for Springfield sociali... More

The Rosenbaum House, Florence, Alabama

The Rosenbaum House, Florence, Alabama

This house, an American architectural treasure, was built for newlyweds Stanley and Mildred Rosenbaum of Florence, Alabama, in 1939. The house is the only structure designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the state o... More

Susnset view from Taliesin West, renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and school in the desert outside Scottsdale, Arizona, from 1937 until his death in 1959

Susnset view from Taliesin West, renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Today Taliesin West is the main campus of the School of Architecture at Taliesin and houses the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Open to... More

Interior view of the Garden Room at Taliesin West, renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and school in the desert outside Scottsdale, Arizona, from 1937 until his death in 1959

Interior view of the Garden Room at Taliesin West, renowned architect ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Today Taliesin West is the main campus of the School of Architecture at Taliesin and houses the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Open to... More

The Rosenbaum House, Florence, Alabama

The Rosenbaum House, Florence, Alabama

This house, an American architectural treasure, was built for newlyweds Stanley and Mildred Rosenbaum of Florence, Alabama, in 1939. The house is the only structure designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the state o... More

Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House, 1024 Judson Street, Evanston, Cook County, IL

Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House, 1024 Judson Street, Evanston, Cook Cou...

Significance: The Carter house was designed by Walter Burley Griffin in 1909-1910. At a time when he was apparently still under the influence of his former employer, Frank Lloyd Wright; this is suggested in his... More

Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, McDonald & Johnson Avenues, Lakeland, Polk County, FL

Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, McDonald & Johnson Av...

See HABS No. FL-323 for written data. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-82 Survey number: HABS FL-323-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1957 Initial Construction

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Significance: The Robie House is one of the best known early works of Frank Lloyd Wright. It has been cited as a Landmark by the Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks: "In recognition of the creation of... More

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Significance: The Robie House is one of the best known early works of Frank Lloyd Wright. It has been cited as a Landmark by the Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks: "In recognition of the creation of... More

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Significance: The Robie House is one of the best known early works of Frank Lloyd Wright. It has been cited as a Landmark by the Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks: "In recognition of the creation of... More

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Significance: The Robie House is one of the best known early works of Frank Lloyd Wright. It has been cited as a Landmark by the Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks: "In recognition of the creation of... More

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Significance: The Robie House is one of the best known early works of Frank Lloyd Wright. It has been cited as a Landmark by the Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks: "In recognition of the creation of... More

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Significance: The Robie House is one of the best known early works of Frank Lloyd Wright. It has been cited as a Landmark by the Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks: "In recognition of the creation of... More

Avery Coonley House, 300 Scottswood Road, 281 Bloomingbank Road, Riverside, Cook County, IL

Avery Coonley House, 300 Scottswood Road, 281 Bloomingbank Road, River...

2002 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Coonley estate for Chicago industrialist Avery Coonley and his wife, Queene Ferry of the Detroit-based Ferry Seed Company on a... More

Avery Coonley House, 300 Scottswood Road, 281 Bloomingbank Road, Riverside, Cook County, IL

Avery Coonley House, 300 Scottswood Road, 281 Bloomingbank Road, River...

2002 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Coonley estate for Chicago industrialist Avery Coonley and his wife, Queene Ferry of the Detroit-based Ferry Seed Company on a... More

Avery Coonley House, 300 Scottswood Road, 281 Bloomingbank Road, Riverside, Cook County, IL

Avery Coonley House, 300 Scottswood Road, 281 Bloomingbank Road, River...

2002 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Coonley estate for Chicago industrialist Avery Coonley and his wife, Queene Ferry of the Detroit-based Ferry Seed Company on a... More

Avery Coonley House, 300 Scottswood Road, 281 Bloomingbank Road, Riverside, Cook County, IL

Avery Coonley House, 300 Scottswood Road, 281 Bloomingbank Road, River...

2002 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Coonley estate for Chicago industrialist Avery Coonley and his wife, Queene Ferry of the Detroit-based Ferry Seed Company on a... More

Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright's design for Unity Church was conceived with the prime objective of giving exterior expression to a room of worship by subordinating the smaller auxiliary functions to the main ... More

Auldbrass, River Road, Yemassee, Hampton County, SC

Auldbrass, River Road, Yemassee, Hampton County, SC

Survey number: HABS SC-354 Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hollyhock House, 4800 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hollyhock House, 4800 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co...

See also HABS CA-1938 drawing sheet 4 of 5 for "Hilltop Plot Plan." Structure has been referred to stylistically as "Mayan Eclectic." Significance: The Hollyhock House was considered by Frank Lloyd Wright to be... More

Tan-Y-Deri, Taliesin, Spring Green, Sauk County, WI

Tan-Y-Deri, Taliesin, Spring Green, Sauk County, WI

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Tan Y Deri is the Welsh word meaning "under the oaks." Frank Lloyd Wright chose the name for this stained-shingle home built for his sister Jane and her husb... More

First Congregational Church, 1106 Chestnut Street, Western Springs, Cook County, IL

First Congregational Church, 1106 Chestnut Street, Western Springs, Co...

2007 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: In the 1920s, First Congregational Church of Western Springs was growing out of its original frame building and needed to expand. Seeking a new bu... More

First Congregational Church, 1106 Chestnut Street, Western Springs, Cook County, IL

First Congregational Church, 1106 Chestnut Street, Western Springs, Co...

2007 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: In the 1920s, First Congregational Church of Western Springs was growing out of its original frame building and needed to expand. Seeking a new bu... More

First Congregational Church, 1106 Chestnut Street, Western Springs, Cook County, IL

First Congregational Church, 1106 Chestnut Street, Western Springs, Co...

2007 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: In the 1920s, First Congregational Church of Western Springs was growing out of its original frame building and needed to expand. Seeking a new bu... More

Florida Southern College, William H. Danforth Chapel, McDonald & Johnson Avenues, Lakeland, Polk County, FL

Florida Southern College, William H. Danforth Chapel, McDonald & Johns...

See HABS No. FL-323 for written data. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-82 Survey number: HABS FL-323-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1957 Initial Construction

Florida Southern College, Lucius Ordway Arts Building, McDonald & Johnson Avenues, Lakeland, Polk County, FL

Florida Southern College, Lucius Ordway Arts Building, McDonald & John...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-82 Survey number: HABS FL-323-G Building/structure dates: ca. 1957 Initial Construction

Florida Southern College, Lucius Ordway Arts Building, McDonald & Johnson Avenues, Lakeland, Polk County, FL

Florida Southern College, Lucius Ordway Arts Building, McDonald & John...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-82 Survey number: HABS FL-323-G Building/structure dates: ca. 1957 Initial Construction

F. C. Bogk House, 2420 North Terrace Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

F. C. Bogk House, 2420 North Terrace Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Coun...

Significance: A handsome design that is well-constructed and well maintained, this house is the best of Frank Lloyd Wright's few early buildings in Milwaukee County, and an excellent example from the "Japanese"... More

F. C. Bogk House, 2420 North Terrace Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

F. C. Bogk House, 2420 North Terrace Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Coun...

Significance: A handsome design that is well-constructed and well maintained, this house is the best of Frank Lloyd Wright's few early buildings in Milwaukee County, and an excellent example from the "Japanese"... More

Peerless Motor Company Plant No. 1, Quincy Avenue & 93, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Peerless Motor Company Plant No. 1, Quincy Avenue & 93, Cleveland, Cuy...

Significance: The design and detailing of the Peerless Motor Company Building suggests a derivation from the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School architects. More specifically, the exterior main en... More

William H. Winslow House, Auvergne Place, River Forest, Cook County, IL

William H. Winslow House, Auvergne Place, River Forest, Cook County, I...

Significance: The house built in 1893 is considered to be the first significant structure designed by Frank Lloyd Wright after establishing an independent practice. Unprocessed Field note material exists for t... More

William H. Winslow House, Auvergne Place, River Forest, Cook County, IL

William H. Winslow House, Auvergne Place, River Forest, Cook County, I...

Significance: The house built in 1893 is considered to be the first significant structure designed by Frank Lloyd Wright after establishing an independent practice. Unprocessed Field note material exists for t... More

William H. Winslow House, Auvergne Place, River Forest, Cook County, IL

William H. Winslow House, Auvergne Place, River Forest, Cook County, I...

Significance: The house built in 1893 is considered to be the first significant structure designed by Frank Lloyd Wright after establishing an independent practice. Unprocessed Field note material exists for t... More

William H. Winslow House, Auvergne Place, River Forest, Cook County, IL

William H. Winslow House, Auvergne Place, River Forest, Cook County, I...

Significance: The house built in 1893 is considered to be the first significant structure designed by Frank Lloyd Wright after establishing an independent practice. Unprocessed Field note material exists for t... More

Peter E. Col House, 1163 Martin Avenue, San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA

Peter E. Col House, 1163 Martin Avenue, San Jose, Santa Clara County, ...

Significance: The Peter E. Col house is an especially notable example of the work of San Jose architects Wolfe & Wolfe. During the early 20th century this father and son team was one of the most prominent and ... More

Peter E. Col House, 1163 Martin Avenue, San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA

Peter E. Col House, 1163 Martin Avenue, San Jose, Santa Clara County, ...

Significance: The Peter E. Col house is an especially notable example of the work of San Jose architects Wolfe & Wolfe. During the early 20th century this father and son team was one of the most prominent and ... More

W. A. Glasner House, 850 Sheridan Road, Glencoe, Cook County, IL

W. A. Glasner House, 850 Sheridan Road, Glencoe, Cook County, IL

Survey number: HABS IL-1098 Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rose Pauson House (Ruins), Thirty-Second Street, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Rose Pauson House (Ruins), Thirty-Second Street, Phoenix, Maricopa Cou...

Significance: The Pauson House was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1940. Three photographs and two floor plans of the house were published in Henry-Russel Hitchcock's "In the Nature of Material... More

Rose Pauson House (Ruins), Thirty-Second Street, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Rose Pauson House (Ruins), Thirty-Second Street, Phoenix, Maricopa Cou...

Significance: The Pauson House was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1940. Three photographs and two floor plans of the house were published in Henry-Russel Hitchcock's "In the Nature of Material... More

American System-Built Homes, 2720-22 West Burnham Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

American System-Built Homes, 2720-22 West Burnham Street, Milwaukee, M...

1991 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: During the early part of his career Frank Lloyd Wright began working on a scheme of low-cost housing for the city dweller called the American System-Built Hom... More

Fair Lane Mansion, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI

Fair Lane Mansion, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI

2001 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: One of the most stunning yet controversial architectural masterpieces of the 20th century belonged to one of the most influential men in the world duri... More

Fair Lane Mansion, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI

Fair Lane Mansion, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI

2001 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: One of the most stunning yet controversial architectural masterpieces of the 20th century belonged to one of the most influential men in the world duri... More

Florida Southern College, Polk Science Building, McDonald & Johnson Avenues, Lakeland, Polk County, FL

Florida Southern College, Polk Science Building, McDonald & Johnson Av...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-82 Survey number: HABS FL-323-F Building/structure dates: ca. 1957 Initial Construction

Rookery Building, 209 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Rookery Building, 209 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: The Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks has cited it: "In recognition of its pioneering plan in providing shops and offices around a graceful semi-private square and the further developm... More

Johnson Wax Corporation Building, 1525 Howe Street, Racine, Racine County, WI

Johnson Wax Corporation Building, 1525 Howe Street, Racine, Racine Cou...

Significance: Corporate complex, noted example of Wright's commercial design. Survey number: HABS WI-284

Florida Southern College, E. T. Roux Library, McDonald & Johnson Avenues, Lakeland, Polk County, FL

Florida Southern College, E. T. Roux Library, McDonald & Johnson Avenu...

See HABS No. FL-323 for written data. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-82 Survey number: HABS FL-323-D Building/structure dates: ca. 1957 Initial Construction

Reverend Jessie R. Ziegler House, 509 Shelby Street, Frankfort, Franklin County, KY

Reverend Jessie R. Ziegler House, 509 Shelby Street, Frankfort, Frankl...

Significance: While on passage to Italy in the summer of 1910, Frank Lloyd Wright met and prepared sketches for the house at 509 Shelby Street in Frankfort, KY for Jesse R. Ziegler, a young Presbyterian ministe... More

Barnsdall Park, 4800 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Barnsdall Park, 4800 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Cou...

Significance: Intended as a major arts and cultural center, Barnsdall Park was never completed as planned by its donor - Aline Barnsdall, or by its architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. What was built, and what remai... More

Florida Southern College, McDonald & Johnson Avenues, Lakeland, Polk County, FL

Florida Southern College, McDonald & Johnson Avenues, Lakeland, Polk C...

Significance: Florida Southern College is architect Frank Lloyd Wright's largest collection of buildings and their design covered the longest period of time. The College's president, Dr. Ludd M. Spivey, and Mr... More

Florida Southern College, McDonald & Johnson Avenues, Lakeland, Polk County, FL

Florida Southern College, McDonald & Johnson Avenues, Lakeland, Polk C...

Significance: Florida Southern College is architect Frank Lloyd Wright's largest collection of buildings and their design covered the longest period of time. The College's president, Dr. Ludd M. Spivey, and Mr... More

Pope-Leighey House, 9000 Richmond Highway (moved from Falls Church, Virginia), Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Pope-Leighey House, 9000 Richmond Highway (moved from Falls Church, Vi...

Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright designed this house, which was built in 1940 for Loren B. Pope. An example of Wright's "Usonian House," the structure, in danger of demolition in 1965 for a highway right-of-wa... More

Pope-Leighey House, 9000 Richmond Highway (moved from Falls Church, Virginia), Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Pope-Leighey House, 9000 Richmond Highway (moved from Falls Church, Vi...

Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright designed this house, which was built in 1940 for Loren B. Pope. An example of Wright's "Usonian House," the structure, in danger of demolition in 1965 for a highway right-of-wa... More

Pope-Leighey House, 9000 Richmond Highway (moved from Falls Church, Virginia), Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Pope-Leighey House, 9000 Richmond Highway (moved from Falls Church, Vi...

Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright designed this house, which was built in 1940 for Loren B. Pope. An example of Wright's "Usonian House," the structure, in danger of demolition in 1965 for a highway right-of-wa... More

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette Co...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937,... More

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette Co...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937,... More

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette Co...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937,... More

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette Co...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937,... More

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette Co...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937,... More

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette Co...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937,... More

Herbert F. Johnson, Jr., Wingspread, residence in Racine, Wisconsin. Living room fireplace

Herbert F. Johnson, Jr., Wingspread, residence in Racine, Wisconsin. L...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, fireplace, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detail of winter quarters of Frank Lloyd Wright's architectual group. Materials used in these buildings are native stone, redwood and canvas. Foot of McDowell Mountain, Maricopa County, Arizona

Detail of winter quarters of Frank Lloyd Wright's architectual group. ...

Public domain photograph of Redwood National Park, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Open area at the Johnson Wax Building, headquarters of the S.C. Johnson and Son Co., Racine, Wisconsin

Open area at the Johnson Wax Building, headquarters of the S.C. Johnso...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The building and its furnishings were designed by Frank... More

Robie House, created by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the Hyde Park neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois

Robie House, created by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the Hyde Park ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Building, globe, and grounds of the S.C. Johnson and son headquarters building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Racine, Wisconsin

Building, globe, and grounds of the S.C. Johnson and son headquarters ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Biltmore Resort and Spa, Phoenix, Arizona

Biltmore Resort and Spa, Phoenix, Arizona

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Eliminate crime in the slums through housing

Eliminate crime in the slums through housing

Poster promoting planned housing as a method to deter crime in the slums, showing stylized man holding a gun against a backdrop of tenement buildings. Date stamped on verso: Sep 12 1936. New York City Housing ... More

Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House, 1024 Judson Street, Evanston, Cook County, IL

Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House, 1024 Judson Street, Evanston, Cook Cou...

Significance: The Carter house was designed by Walter Burley Griffin in 1909-1910. At a time when he was apparently still under the influence of his former employer, Frank Lloyd Wright; this is suggested in his... More

Storer House, 8161 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Storer House, 8161 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Count...

Structure incorporates FLW's "Textile Blocks." Significance: One of several of Frank Lloyd Wright's concrete block houses built in southern California. The John Storer residence, built in 1923, is one of severa... More

Storer House, 8161 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Storer House, 8161 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Count...

Structure incorporates FLW's "Textile Blocks." Significance: One of several of Frank Lloyd Wright's concrete block houses built in southern California. The John Storer residence, built in 1923, is one of severa... More

Price Tower, 510 South Dewey Avenue, Bartlesville, Washington County, OK

Price Tower, 510 South Dewey Avenue, Bartlesville, Washington County, ...

Significance: From National Historic Landmarks Form: Built as a headquarters and rented commercial space and apartments for the H.C. Price Company, the Price Tower is nationally significant as one of two comple... More

Price Tower, 510 South Dewey Avenue, Bartlesville, Washington County, OK

Price Tower, 510 South Dewey Avenue, Bartlesville, Washington County, ...

Significance: From National Historic Landmarks Form: Built as a headquarters and rented commercial space and apartments for the H.C. Price Company, the Price Tower is nationally significant as one of two comple... More

Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, McDonald & Johnson Avenues, Lakeland, Polk County, FL

Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, McDonald & Johnson Av...

See HABS No. FL-323 for written data. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-82 Survey number: HABS FL-323-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1957 Initial Construction

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Significance: The Robie House is one of the best known early works of Frank Lloyd Wright. It has been cited as a Landmark by the Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks: "In recognition of the creation of... More

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Significance: The Robie House is one of the best known early works of Frank Lloyd Wright. It has been cited as a Landmark by the Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks: "In recognition of the creation of... More

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Significance: The Robie House is one of the best known early works of Frank Lloyd Wright. It has been cited as a Landmark by the Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks: "In recognition of the creation of... More

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Significance: The Robie House is one of the best known early works of Frank Lloyd Wright. It has been cited as a Landmark by the Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks: "In recognition of the creation of... More

Avery Coonley House, 300 Scottswood Road, 281 Bloomingbank Road, Riverside, Cook County, IL

Avery Coonley House, 300 Scottswood Road, 281 Bloomingbank Road, River...

2002 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Coonley estate for Chicago industrialist Avery Coonley and his wife, Queene Ferry of the Detroit-based Ferry Seed Company on a... More

Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright's design for Unity Church was conceived with the prime objective of giving exterior expression to a room of worship by subordinating the smaller auxiliary functions to the main ... More

Auldbrass, River Road, Yemassee, Hampton County, SC

Auldbrass, River Road, Yemassee, Hampton County, SC

Survey number: HABS SC-354 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chapin & Gore Building, 63 East Adams Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chapin & Gore Building, 63 East Adams Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: The Chapin and Gore Building, 1904, was built for a Chicago firm which specialized in the making and distribution of wines and whiskies. The architect, Richard E. Schmidt, was one of a group of C... More

Francis Apartments, 4304 South Forestville Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Francis Apartments, 4304 South Forestville Avenue, Chicago, Cook Count...

Address corrected from Forestville Avenue to Forrestville Avenue. Significance: The Francis Apartment Building is an early design by Frank Lloyd Wright. One of two middle-income housing projects executed by Wri... More

First Congregational Church, 1106 Chestnut Street, Western Springs, Cook County, IL

First Congregational Church, 1106 Chestnut Street, Western Springs, Co...

2007 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: In the 1920s, First Congregational Church of Western Springs was growing out of its original frame building and needed to expand. Seeking a new bu... More

William Allen White House, 923-927 North Exchange Street, Emporia, Lyon County, KS

William Allen White House, 923-927 North Exchange Street, Emporia, Lyo...

Significance: This site was the home of William Allen White, nationally revered and internationally influential editor of The Emporia Gazette, from 1899 until his death in 1944. It was here that White and his ... More

F. C. Bogk House, 2420 North Terrace Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

F. C. Bogk House, 2420 North Terrace Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Coun...

Significance: A handsome design that is well-constructed and well maintained, this house is the best of Frank Lloyd Wright's few early buildings in Milwaukee County, and an excellent example from the "Japanese"... More

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