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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

Stockman House

The Stockman House is a variation on a 1907 design published in the Ladies’ Home Journal as “a Fireproof House for $5,000.” The subtle geometry of Wright’s composition is emphasized by its sheltering eaves, window framing, and what he called “back-band trim,” dark wood used to wrap the corners of the main structure.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017
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