Authentic Wisconsin.  Frank Lloyd Wright


Frank Lloyd Wright was on born June 8, 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconsin.

Frank Lloyd Wright - Architect; born June 8, 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconsin. Wright's well known works include the The S. C. Johnson and Son Administration Building in Racine, WI built in 1936; the Larkin Building in Buffalo, NY built in 1904; Fallingwater, a house in Mill Run, PA, built in 1936; the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, built in 1943; and The Unitarian Meeting House in Madison, WI (1947 to 1951). Wright's summer home, Taliesin, is located in Spring Green, Wisconsin.

Wright attended Madison High School, but there is no evidence of his graduation. He was admitted to the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a special student in 1886.


Below: A sample of Wright designed homes in Wisconsin.


Eugene A. Gilmore House in Madison, Wisconsin.   Walter Rudin House in Madison, Wisconsin.

Jacobs First House in Madison, Wisconsin.   Frederick C. Bogk House in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

For more information on Frank Lloyd Wright, visit Wikipedia.

For tours of Taliesin in Spring Green, visit Taliesin Preservation


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Frank Lloyd Wright in 1926.

Frank Lloyd Wright in 1926.


Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings in Wisconsin (sample)


Hillside School in Spring Green Wisconsin.

Above: Hillside School in Wyoming, WI.


Unitarian Meeting House in Madison Wisconsin.

Above: The Unitarian Meeting House in Madison, WI.


Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin.

Above: Wright's summer home, Taliesin, in Spring Green, WI (winter).


S. C. Johnson and Son Administration Building in Racine, Wisconsin.

Above: The S. C. Johnson and Son Administration Building in Racine, WI.


he Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

Above: The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Wauwatosa, WI.


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