William and Jessie M. Adams House
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| William and Jessie M. Adams House | |
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| Location | 9326 S. Pleasant Ave. |
| Construction started | 1900 |
| Completed | 1901 |
| Designated | June 16, 1994 |
The William and Jessie M. Adams House is a Prairie school style house located at 9326 South Pleasant Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.
Description and history
[edit]The house was built between 1900 and 1901 by Frank Lloyd Wright. This squarish two-story house with a brick-faced first floor has double-hung windows which Wright usually disdained.[1]
It was designated a Chicago landmark on June 16, 1994.[2]
In March 2014, the house was sold for $980,000 after being owned by the same family since 1952.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Frank Lloyd Wright. An Autobiography, new and revised ed. (New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1943), p. 143, "[the casement] was not used at that time in the United States, so I lost many clients because I insisted upon it. The client usually wanted to double-hung (the guillotine window) in use then, although it was neither simple nor human."
- ^ "Adams House". City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. Retrieved June 26, 2007.
- ^ LaTrace, A. J. (March 13, 2014). "Landmark Frank Lloyd Wright Designed Home Sells For $980K". Curbed Chicago. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
- Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.048)
41°43′26″N 87°40′12″W / 41.7240°N 87.6701°W
External links
[edit]- The Adams house from the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust website
- Youtube video from an appraiser of the area showing the exterior of the Adams house
