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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Walter Gale House 1893

 Frank Lloyd Wright - Walter Gale House - 1893

The 1st Home Wright designed after leaving the Firm of (Louis Sullivan) - Oak Park, Illinois - Chicago
U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
a local Landmark by the village of Oak Park.
The house was commissioned by Walter H. Gale of a prominent Oak Park family and is the first home Wright designed (at 26 years old) after leaving the firm of Adler & Sullivan (run by engineer Dankmar Adler and architect, Louis Sullivan).
The house is designed in a geometric Queen Anne style and demonstrates Wright's predilection for informal planning. The Queen Anne design, influenced by Wright's first teacher, Louis Sullivan, demonstrates just how far Wright had to go before his early modern style, known as Prairie style, was fully mature.
The house, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on August 17, 1973. The house was designated a local landmark by the village of Oak Park on the same day it was listed on the National Register.

Photographs by Hardy Wieting in 1975



Thanks to Facebook post Great Architects site

Today's quote:
“Life is for each man a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.” 
 American playwrighEugene O’Neill 


Today's art:
Room in New York 1932 by Edward Hopper


Sharing with Tom's Tuesday Treasures

14 comments:

  1. Looks beautiful, a lovely home! Take care, have a great day!

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    1. I can't believe it's over a hundred years old (though not when these photos were taken.

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  2. Following up your comment on my post (and thanks btw), both Canada and Mexico pretty well reiterated things that they had already planned to do and of which tRump had already been aware. It's all nonsense as very little illegal stuff crosses our border, but for some reason, he thinks tariffs will pressure Canada into joining the US.

    It's so odd that he apparently requires Canada to protect the US border. That is not typically how borders work. They exist to protect people coming in not going out. But not in tRump world.

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    1. It's definitely a silly topsy turvy world he lives in...but we remember to look at what's going on behind all the smoke and mirrors...the Musk takeover is really scary.

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    2. He is a performative fool and I feel disgusted by his treatment of our excellent neighbors! He did not win with a huge amount of the vote he squeaked. I believe that in the end he will punch himself out.

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  3. I like that better than a lot of his designs. He was quite a genius.
    I like the quote too, Barb. He nailed it, didn't he.
    And that room in NY. So small!

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    1. I didn't know about his earlier designs, but did like some of the later styles (which I'll be sharing probably.) We do have our own little worlds to live in, but it's good to reach out and know there are others with different views on things, who also want to live in peace!

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  4. Very cute little house but it must be a nightmare to roof.

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    1. Hi Barbara, Although we lived in Chicago for many, many years, I've never been to Wright's Oak Park home...but my better half has and she loved it. We both love Edward Hopper's paintings. Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

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  5. ...the Walter Gale House is beautiful and a style that I wouldn't associate with Frank Lloyd Wright. Thanks for sharing.

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  6. What a beautiful house that is and it still looking good all these years later.

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  7. I love Hopper. And this beautiful home! So solid looking and interesting.

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