Hometown Architect

by Cannon, Patrick F.

• ISBN13: 9780764937460
• ISBN10: 0764937464
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-15
• Publisher: Pomegranate

Summary

Oak Park and River Forest are a mecca for Wright scholars and enthusiasts. Nowhere else can one visit so many Frank Lloyd Wright buildings and experience the architect's Prairie-style philosophy so fully. Hometown Architect is a thorough chronicle of that experience. Even if you have not had the good fortune to see these houses firsthand, the textual and photographic tours comprising this book will make you feel as though you have. Hometown Architect presents twenty-seven Wright homes, and Unity Temple, documenting one of the architect's most influential periods of his career. The last chapter surveys eight lost, altered, and possibly Wright homes. More than ninety photographs of the buildings' exteriors and interiors are accompanied by descriptive captions, while introductory text to each chapter details the story behind each commission, addressing Wright's relationships with his clients, the importance of each building in Wright's oeuvre, and the characteristics that make each house unique. The endpapers of this book feature a map locating all the sites discussed. By Patrick F. Cannon, introduction by Paul Kruty, photography by James Caulfield. Published in cooperation with the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 5
A Note on the Prairie Style	p. 7
Acknowledgments	p. 8
Introduction: Frank Lloyd Wright and Oak Park	p. 9
Frank Lloyd Wright Home, 1889, and Studio, 1898	p. 14
Thomas H. Gale, Robert P. Parker, Walter Gale, and Francis J. Woolley Houses, 1892-1893	p. 22
William H. Winslow House, 1894	p. 30
Nathan G. Moore House, 1895, 1923	p. 36
Chauncey Williams House, 1895	p. 40
Harrison P. Young House, 1895	p. 45
Harry C. Goodrich and George W. Smith Houses, 1896	p. 48
George and Rollin Furbeck Houses, 1897	p. 52
Hills-DeCaro House, 1900/1906	p. 60
Frank W. Thomas House, 1901	p. 66
E. Arthur Davenport House, 1901	p. 72
William G. Fricke House, 1901	p. 74
Arthur B. Heurtley House, 1902	p. 79
William E. Martin House, 1903	p. 86
Edwin H. Cheney House, 1903	p. 92
Peter A. Beachy House, 1906	p. 96
Unity Temple, 1906	p. 101
Isabel Roberts House, 1908, 1955	p. 107
Laura Gale House, 1909	p. 113
William H. Copeland House, 1909	p. 117
J. Kibben Ingalls House, 1909	p. 122
Oscar B. Balch House, 1911	p. 125
Harry S. Adams House, 1913	p. 130
Lost, Altered, and Possibly Wright	p. 136
Selected Bibliography	p. 144
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