Arthur Heurtley House
- Architect
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Year
- 1902
- Style
- Prairie School
- City
- Chicago, IL
- Collection
- wright’s chicago
The Arthur B. Heurtley House, built in 1902 in Oak Park, is considered one of the earliest examples of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie style realized in full. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on February 16, 2000. The house passed in 1920 to Wright's own sister, Jane Porter, and her husband Andrew, who lived there for 26 years.
the building
The wood room. Wright's original drawings labeled one space the wood room; it was later converted into a pantry or storage area, one of several changes made during the Heurtleys' ownership, alongside screening in the elevated porch and adding a breakfast room, changes thought to have run through Wright's own office though the dates are unconfirmed.
A duplex conversion. After Wright's sister Jane Porter and her husband Andrew bought the house in 1920, they converted the two-story residence into a duplex in the 1930s, splitting each floor into a separate apartment during their 26 years there.
the style
The Heurtley House is counted among the earliest full expressions of Wright's Prairie style, the idiom he built his early reputation on before it became the defining American residential architecture of the early 20th century.
More on Prairie Schoolthe architect
Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Heurtley House in 1902, early enough in his career that it stands as one of the first houses where his mature Prairie style appears complete, rather than still emerging from earlier influences.
More on Frank Lloyd Wrightsignificance
The Heurtley House was designated a National Historic Landmark on February 16, 2000, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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