Illinois - Chicago

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Home

America’s most renowned architect lived and worked in the complex at 951 Chicago Avenue, Oak Park, which served as private residence, studio and architectural laboratory for the first twenty years of his career, between 1889 (when he was 22) and 1909. Wright’s haven started out as a simple cottage and was continually added on to by the architect resulting in unusual features such as a balcony suspended on chains. The complex is administered by the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust which offers guided tours on weekdays at 11am, 1pm and 3pm, and during weekends at 11am and 3.30pm. The neighbourhood of Oak Park contains the world’s largest concentration of Wright-designed buildings and a self-guided exterior audio tour of the 26 structures in the area is available between 10am and 3.30pm daily.

Telephone: (708) 848 1976;

Website: www.wrightplus.org

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