Wright Around Chicago: Community Enrichment Series
Join the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust for an ongoing series of presentations that engage our community with the life and work of Frank Lloyd Wright and the rich and varied histories of the neighborhoods in which he defined his visionary Prairie style.
With programs held citywide and centered around the Preservation Trust’s three main sites in Oak Park, downtown Chicago, and Hyde Park, Wright Around Chicago brings an expansive interpretation to Wright’s work, considering it within the context of the city that was his home.
From Artistic Houses to the Prairie Home: Domestic Interiors of Chicago’s Gilded AgeDavid Bagnall, Curator & Director of Interpretation, Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust
This presentation will explore developments in American domestic architecture of the Gilded Age through specific Chicago examples, including the Samuel M. Nickerson House (Burling & Whitehouse, 1883), the John J. Glessner House (H.H. Richardson, 1887), the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1889/1898), the James Charnley House (Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, 1891), and the Frederick C. Robie House (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1910).
Photograph: The Frederick C. Robie House, 1910. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust.
Date: Thursday, August 8, 2013
Time: 12:00 noon
Location: The Gratz Center, 126 E. Chestnut, Chicago IL 60611 (Located just off Michigan Avenue, next to 4th Presbyterian Church)
Admission: Free (Registration required)
Advance registration for members and volunteers begins July 12, 2013.
Public registration begins July 19, 2013.