Arrgh! Rained all day!
After a motel breakfast, we drove into Oak Park, IL. Since we had time, we scouted out some of the outlying houses designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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| George W Smith House (1898) at 404 Home Avenue, designed in Shingle Queen Anne style, for a salesman of Marshall Field and Company |
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| Rollin Furbeck House (1897) at 515 Fair Oaks Avenue, in a transitional design experimenting with vertical elements, Wright's first cruciform-pinwheel layout, as a wedding gift for a stockbroker |
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| William G Fricke House (1901-1902) at 540 Fair Oaks Avenue, one of the first of Wright's Prairie style, for a partner in a school supply firm |
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| Fricke House decorated for Halloween |
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| Edwin H Cheney House (1903) at 520 N East Avenue, a one-story home with raised basement, for an electrical engineer |
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| Inventor Harry C Goodrich House (1896) at 534 N East Avenue, also one of the low-cost homes designed for Charles Roberts, unique because of the narrow clapboards |
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| William E Martin House (1903) at 636 N East Avenue, built vertically due to a small lot, for the owner of the Martin Stove Polish Company |
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| Harry S Adams House (1913) at 710 Augusta Boulevard, designed in Prairie style and the last of Wright's Oak Park houses |
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| Wright Studio (1898) at 951 Chicago Avenue |
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| Studio entrance columns, designed by Richard Bock, with the tree of life, the book of knowledge, an architectural scroll, and two storks full of wisdom and fertility |
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| Frank Lloyd Wright House (1889, 1895 addition), in Shingle style adopted from Wright's earlier employer, architect Joseph Lyman Silsbee, influenced by East Coast beach cottages |
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| Contemplative Sprite (original 1913) by Alfonso Ianelli, which was part of Midway Gardens, since demolished in 1929 |
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| Ginkgo tree that predates Wright's ownership of the property |
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| The foyer's Pergamom Altar frieze was typical of Victorian architecture of the time |
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| Inglenook/Chimney corner, makes the hearth the heart of the home |
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| Living room with Wright-designed chairs |
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| In his early working years, Wright supplemented his income by buying and selling Japanese prints, and designed this display table |
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| Apparently Wright placed the light in the hallway to create these designs on the floor |
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| Dining room (1895) where the high-backed chairs create a room within a room; Wright also created the recessed lighting |
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| In 1898, Wright's 2nd floor studio was divided and made into the girls' and boys' bedrooms |
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| Master bedroom |
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| Bathroom with wood panels that show a Japanese influence |
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| The bathroom has a right angle window for privacy |
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| Wright-designed armchair rocker |
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| Children's Playroom (1895) with mural by by Orlando Giannini, a scene from Arabian Nights |
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| Playroom window panel |
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| Playroom skylight |
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| The playroom lights were added after Wright's 1905 trip to Japan |
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| Most of the downspout is covered |
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| The drafting area of the studio and balcony use two systems of chains to avoid needing supporting columns |
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| Amazing art glass skylight in the studio reception area |
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| Wright's studio library where the octagonal pattern is rotated several times (note the straight line above the center "corner") |
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| Boulder (1898) by Richard Bock |
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| Frank Lloyd Wright Studio in front of his house (KSS) |
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| Attorney Robert P Parker House (1892) at 1019 Chicago Avenue, in adapted Queen Anne style for Thomas Gale (KSS) |
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| Realtor Thomas H Gale House (1892) at 1027 Chicago Avenue, essentially the same as the previous house (KSS) |
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| Druggist Walter Gale House (1893) at 1031 Chicago Avenue (KSS) |
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| Attorney Francis J Woolley House (1893) at 1030 Superior Street, a modified Four Square (KSS) |
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| William H Copeland House (1873, Wright designed the garage in 1908, and remodeled the house in 1909) at 400 Forest Avenue (KSS) |
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| Banker Arthur B Heurtley House (1902) at 318 Forest Avenue, shows Wright's emphasis on the horizontal line (KSS) |
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| Attorney Nathan G Moore House (1895, reconstructed by Wright in 1923 after a fire) at 333 Forest Avenue, designed in Tudor style according to the wishes of the owner, with Sullivan-esque details |
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| Attorney Edward R Hills House (1874, remodeled by Wright in 1906) at 313 Forest Avenue |
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| Mrs Thomas H Gale House (1909) at 6 Elizabeth Court; Wright considered this the progenitor of his Fallingwater design |
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| Banker Peter A Beachey House (Gothic house remodeled by Wright in 1906) at 238 Forest Avenue |
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| Frank W Thomas House (1901) at 210 Forest Avenue, considered to be Wright's first true Prairie style design |
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| Bust of Frank Lloyd Wright (1981) by Egon Weiner at entrance to Austin Gardens on Forest Avenue |
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| Harrison P Young (purchasing agent) House (1870s, remodeled by Wright in 1895) at 335 N Kenilworth Avenue, said to be in "Medieval Revival" style |
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| Oscar B Balch (interior decorator) House (1911) at 611 N Kenilworth Avenue, one of Wright's first commissions after returning from Europe |
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| Charles E Roberts Stable House (1896, later remodeled into a residence by Charles E White, Jr) at 317 N Euclid Avenue |
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| Charles E Roberts Main House (1879 designed by Burnham & Root, with an interior remodel by Wright in 1896) at 321 N Euclid Avenue |
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| George W Furbeck House (1897, porch enclosed in 1920) at 223 N Euclid Avenue, designed during the period of experimentation and use of octagonals |
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| Sharpe House/Elizabeth E Cheney Mansion (1913, designed by Charles E White, Jr, a student of Wright, in Tudor Revival style) at 220 N Euclid Avenue |
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| Ernest Hemingway Birthplace (1890, designed by Wesley A Arnold in Queen Anne style) at 339 N Oak Park Avenue |
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| Cheryl's sons-in-law Max and Drew, with grandsons Miles and Elio |
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| Cheryl, Sonja holding Elio, Cecelia, Michael holding Miles, and Stuart |
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| A Family Feud game was played, using answers to questions sent to all the invitees (KSS) |
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| Massive quantities leftovers |
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| One of five birthday cakes! |
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