William G. Fricke House
The William G. Fricke House is a home designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright at 540 Fair Oaks Avenue[1] in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Fricke commissioned the home in 1901 and it was finished the next year. Wright used elements in the building that would appear in his Prairie style homes: a high water table, horizontal banding, overhanging eaves, shallow hipped roofs, and an exterior with an expansive amount of stucco.[2] Wright usually emphasized the horizontal in his house designs, but the Fricke house is different by having a three-story tower.
The house has been owned since 2004 by Dawn and Ed McGee.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "William G. Fricke House". Explore. Frank Lloyd Wright Trust. Retrieved June 25, 2025.
- ^ "Frank Lloyd Wright".
- ^ "Fortune and Fricke: A long-term relationship with Wright". www.oakpark.com.
Further reading
- Cannon, Patrick F. (2006). Hometown Architect: The Complete Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park and River Forest, Illinois. Pomegranate. pp. 75–8. ISBN 978-0-7649-3746-0.
- Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks; Gossel, Peter; Wright, Frank Lloyd (2004). Frank Lloyd Wright, 1867-1959: Building for Democracy. Taschen. p. 19. ISBN 978-3-8228-2757-4.
- Storrer, William Allin (1993). The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-77624-8. OCLC 28676420. (S.058)
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