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Wilbur, left, and Orville Wright sit on the porch steps of their Dayton, Ohio, home in June 1909. Date: June 1909: Source: Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum: Author: unattributed: Permission (Reusing this file)
Hawthorn Hill is the house that served as the post-1914 home of Orville, Milton and Katharine Wright.Located in Oakwood, Ohio, Wilbur and Orville Wright intended for it to be their joint home, but Wilbur died in 1912, before the home's 1914 completion.
Warren was the brother of Anna Hickox Bradley, who lived next door in another Wright design, the B. Harley Bradley House. The house was modeled after two articles that Wright wrote for the Ladies' Home Journal. The interior is adapted from "A Home in a Prairie Town" and the exterior is based on "A Small House with Lots of Room in It". [3]
The Stuart Richardson House (affectionately named 'Scherzo' by Frank Lloyd Wright) in Glen Ridge, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, was built in 1951 for Stuart Richardson (an actuary) and his wife Elisabeth. The Richardsons, with their two daughters Margot and Edith, moved in on October 23, 1951, and owned the house until 1970.
The Bachman-Wilson house is an example of Wright's invention of Usonian architecture. Wright built many of his houses around the notion of comfortable, low-cost living that fits the needs of its residents, as well as building a structure to match its environment. [3]
At 1,500 square feet (140 m 2), it is the smallest of the four Frank Lloyd Wright houses in New Jersey. [1] This Usonian scheme house was constructed of concrete blocks and redwood plywood. The Sweeton House is sheltered by a dramatically pitched roof that comes within four feet of the ground.
B. Harley Bradley and his wife, Anna Hickox Bradley, were the brother-in-law and sister of Warren Hickox, of the Warren Hickox House, located next to the Bradley House.. The Bradley House and the Willits House, also built in 1901 in Highland Park, Illinois and designed by Wright, compete for the title of the first Prairie School residence designed by Wright and built to his specificat
The Willits House is the first house in true Prairie style and marks the full development of Wright's wood frame and stucco system of construction. [5] Although the Willits House has two stories, it is a more complex shape, consisting of a rectangular central space with a rectangular wing projecting from each side of that space. [6]