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Lawrence Memorial Library (Springfield, Illinois)

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The Lawrence Memorial Library was designed in Springfield, Illinois in 1905 by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for client Susan Lawrence Dana. Wright had designed Susan Lawrence Dana's home, also in Springfield, in 1902-04.

Dana commissioned the library for the West Room of the Rheuna D. Lawrence School.[1] The school was named after her father, who had been the president of the School Board of Springfield until his death in 1901.

According to Dr. William Allin Storrer, the memorial library was mostly demolished, but restored in 1993.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Lawrence Memorial Library - History". Sps186.org. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. ^ Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2, 70.

Sources

  • Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.073)


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