Charles E. Roberts Stable
- Architect
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Style
- Tudor Revival
- City
- Chicago, IL
- Collection
- wright’s chicago
The Charles E. Roberts Stable began as a barn that Frank Lloyd Wright transformed in 1896, the same year he remodeled the interior of client Charles E. Roberts's own house nearby in Oak Park. Roberts, an engineer, inventor, and one of Wright's most important early patrons, commissioned the work; the building was later converted into a full residence by Wright associate Charles E. White, Jr., and moved to its present site in 1929.
the building
A barn's second life. What stands today started as a stable, remodeled by Wright in 1896 and later converted into a house by Charles E. White, Jr., a Wright-associated architect. The building was relocated to its current site in 1929, well after its original construction.
the style
The house presents itself in the Tudor Revival style, but historians still read Wright's hand underneath the later remodeling — the building is said to carry his architectural thumbprint despite the change of style.
More on Tudor Revivalthe architect
This was one of several projects Frank Lloyd Wright did for patron Charles E. Roberts, an engineer and inventor who sat on the building committee for Wright's Unity Temple. Wright also designed the Quadruple Block Plan for Roberts between 1900 and 1903, and reworked the interior of Roberts's own house the same year he remodeled this stable.
More on Frank Lloyd Wrightsignificance
The building is listed as a contributing property to a federally designated historic district.
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nearby
- George Furbeck House
- Harrison P. Young House
- Edwin H. Cheney House
- Laura Gale House
- Masonic Temple Building
- Rollin Furbeck House