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Oak Park is a well known suburb of Chicago for two reasons, first because it is filled with homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and second because it was the birth place of Ernest Hemingway. It's an easy daytrip from Chicago, either by car or public transportation, as it is only about 10 miles outside Chicago's downtown.
I finally got around to visiting on a beautiful sunny June afternoon after many years of saying "gee we really should go there sometime". There are several ways to visit Oak Park, I'd suggest that you make your first stop the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio which has information about Frank Lloyd Wright plus information on Oak Park in general. They have guided tours leaving from here on the weekends, self guided audio tours or a map of the significant architecture which you can purchase for about $4. The Chicago Architecture Foundation also has guided tours on foot or by bus.
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Oak Park, Illinois is home to the world's largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright designed buildings and houses, with 25 structures built between 1889 and 1913. It was in Oak Park that Wright developed and perfected his signature Prairie Style architecture, emphasizing the use of interior light and open spaces in low, earth-hugging buildings. His designs changed the course of 20th century architecture. Many of the Wright houses and buildings in Oak Park and River Forest are registered National Historic Landmarks
This is the address for the walking tours that will bring you past many Frank Lloyd Wright homes.
951 Chicago Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302 Leave a Comment Phone: http://www.ehfop.org/Website: http://www.oprf.com/ Other Contact: 951 Chicago Avenue, Oak Park, IL
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 Frank W. Thomas house, 1901 by Pawtuxet
UPDATE: thanks to the VT community we have now identified this house and it is in fact a Wright creation. Thank you, DABS. Exerpts from the site re: his home and work....
"This house was commissioned by James C. Rogers for his daughter and her husband, Frank Wright Thomas. In some ways, it resembles the Heurtley House: Both homes have leaded glass windows, an arched entryway, and a low, long profile. The Thomas house is widely considered Wright's first Prairie Style home in Oak Park. It is also his first all stucco home in Oak Park. Using stucco instead of wood meant that Wright could design clear, geometric forms.
The main rooms of the Thomas House are raised a full story above a high basement. The L-shaped floor plan of the house gives it an open view to the north and west, while obscuring a brick wall located on the south side. A "false door" is located just above the arched entryway."
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 FLW Studio by TRimer
Advance tickets ($12) are available for select daily tour departures. They may be purchased online up to midnight prior to the day of tour. Tickets for other tours are available in the museum bookshops on a first-come first-served basis the day of the tour. Admittance to the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio is only with the scheduled guided tours. Visitors may not walk through this historic house museum on their own.
951 Chicago Avenue, Oak Park, IL
You can take the EL (westbound Green Line) to the Oak Park Avenue stop. Walk under tracks and go north on Oak Park Ave. to Chicago Ave. Turn left (west) and walk 3 blocks to the Home and Studio. It is a 10-15 minute walk. Leave a Comment
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 by Chamsa
How to get there: it's a EL station; about 20 minutes west of the city center. You can book a tour at F. L. Wright's former office. Leave a Comment
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Don't miss Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece in the Prairie style, the Robie House on the campus of the University of Chicago. It's worth figuring out the bus system to get there. (Plus you get a nice ride alongside Lake Michigan.)
The building is currently undergoing a huge restoration, but to my mind, that makes it all the more interesting as you get to see the bones of the house.
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Nine miles west of Chicago is where the birthplace of the Prairie style of architecture took place, in Oak Park.
But that's not the only famous resident that lived here, Ernest Hemmingway was born here as well.
this remarkable complex served as Wright's private residence and studio from 1889 to 1909--the first 20 years of his career. Used by Wright as a living laboratory, many of his trademark designs seen in their infancy at the Home and Studio reached their fullest expression at the Robie House. Today, the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio is an accredited house museum restored to 1909, and contains an impressive collection of furniture and decorative arts objects designed by Wright. Leave a Comment
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