ROCKFORD BELVIDERE HAMPSHIRE GENEVA OAK PARK ILLINOIS’ CHICAGO KANKAKEE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TRAIL DWIGHT One of America’s greatest architects, Frank Lloyd Wright called Illinois home—and filled it with some of his best works. Take a trip to discover the architectural gems throughout the state that reveal the form and function of Wright’s signature style. SPRINGFIELD ENJOYILLINOIS.COM/FLW 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1. EMIL BACH HOUSE 8. MUIRHEAD FARMHOUSE 7415 N. Sheridan Rd 42W814 Rohrsen Rd FOLLOW THE ILLINOIS’ Chicago, IL 60626 Hampshire, IL 60140 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT This is the only Wright residence in Chicago open for Surrounded by nearly 800 acres of prairie, this vacation rentals and private events as well as tours. home is the only known existing farmhouse to TRAIL FOR 13 have been designed and built by Wright during 2. CHARNLEY-PERSKY HOUSE MUSEUM his lifetime. ARCHITECTURAL 1365 North Astor St Chicago, IL 60610 9. PETTIT MEMORIAL CHAPEL GEMS IN ILLINOIS Recognized as a pivotal work of modern 1100 North Main St American architecture, this house was designed Belvidere, IL 61008 by Louis Sullivan with assistance from Wright, his A small structure on the grounds of Belvidere Galena 9 junior draftsman. Photo courtesy Leslie Schwartz Cemetery, the chapel was commissioned by 10 Waukegan Woodstock 1 Emma Glasner Pettit in honor of her deceased Freeport Rockford Belvidere 2 3. THE ROOKERY husband, William H. Pettit. 5 209 S. LaSalle St 6 Mt. Carroll 3 Chicago, IL 60604 10. LAURENT HOUSE Oregon 8 7 Chicago 4646 Spring Brook Rd Sycamore Wheaton 4 The elaborate main lobby and light court is one of Geneva Rockford, IL 61114 Dixon the most spectacular interior spaces in the state. Morrison The only building ever designed by the famed architect for a person with a disability, this Yorkville 4. FREDERICK C. ROBIE HOUSE single-story Usonian home is both functional and Joliet 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave Rock Island Chicago, IL 60637 beautiful (and decades ahead of ADA accessibility requirements). Princeton Ottawa Morris This quintessential Prairie-style home was Cambridge Hennepin named one of the 10 most significant buildings Aledo 11 of the 20th century by the American Institute of 11. B. HARLEY BRADLEY HOUSE 12 Toulon Kankakee Architects. 701 S. Harrison Ave Kankakee, IL 60901 Oquawke Lacon Galesburg Widely acknowledged as Wright’s first Prairie- Monmouth Pontiac 5. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOME & STUDIO 951 Chicago Ave style design, the Bradley House was designed by Watseka Peoria Eureka Oak Park, IL 60302 Wright in 1901 along with its neighboring home. Discover the beginning of greatness. This Pekin landmark structure served as Wright’s private 12. FRANK L. SMITH BANK Macomb Bloomington Carthago Paxton 122 W. Main St Lewiston residence and studio from 1889 to 1909—the first 20 years of his career. Dwight, IL 60420 Havana Wright believed banks should express their Danville Rushville Lincoln Clinton own character rather than resemble temples of Urbana 6. UNITY TEMPLE 875 Lake St worship; thus, he designed this bank building Sterling Petersburg Monticello Quincy Virginia Oak Park, IL 60301 with a simple, dignified aesthetic. 13 Reopened in 2017 after a two-year restoration, Tuscola Springfield Wright’s only surviving public building from his 13. DANA-THOMAS HOUSE Jacksonville golden Prairie period was also his personal place 300 E. Lawrence Ave Pittsfield Winchester Paris Sullivan Springfield, IL 62703 Taylorville of worship. Charlston Reputed to be one of Wright’s largest and most Shelbyville Marshall 7. COLONEL GEORGE FABYAN VILLA elaborate Prairie-style designs, the house has Carlinville 1925 S. Batavia Ave 35 rooms with more than 100 pieces of original Carrollton Toledo Litchfield Geneva, IL 60134 furniture and 250 art glass windows. Hillsboro Jerseyville Eingham Remodeled by Wright in 1907, “The Villa” is a Robinson Vandalia Newton Prairie-style residence with an accompanying Greenville Japanese garden and Dutch windmill, both signs of the owners’ eclectic tastes. Edwardsville Lawrenceville Olney Clinton Salem Belleville Mt. Carmel Fairfield.
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