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Goetsch-Winckler House

Built in 1940 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Goetsch–Winckler House is widely considered to be one of the most elegant examples of Wright’s Usonian ideal.

Ross Hubbard | Oct 28, 2024

Wyoming Valley School

1n 1956 Wright donated two acres of land and a design for a small elementary school to the Wyoming Valley School District near Spring Green, WI.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Wingspread

Wingspread, by Wright’s own statement, is the last of the Prairie houses.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

William Winslow House

Having met Winslow while working at Adler and Sullivan, a newly independent 26-year old Wright would claim the Winslow House as his first independent commission.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Westcott House

Orpha Westcott, considered one of Springfield’s most prominent and progressive women, is credited with suggesting Wright as the architect for the Westcotts’ new home.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Weltzheimer-Johnson House

Also known simply as the Frank Lloyd Wright House, the Weltzheimer-Johnson House is the first of nine Usonian homes to be built in Ohio, and the only non-Californian Usonian to use redwood.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Unity Temple

When the Universalist Church of Oak Park was struck by lightning and burned to the ground, Wright was asked to design a new building for the congregation.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Unitarian Meeting House

The Unitarian Meeting House is recognized as one of the world’s most innovative examples of church architecture and as one of Wright’s most influential buildings.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Taliesin

When newspaper headlines about Wright’s affair with Mamah Borthwick Cheney drove him from Chicago in 1911, he returned to the comfort of a place he had spent much of his childhood.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017
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