Detail: 951 Chicago Ave Oak Park Illinois: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

Museum

Location

Address:

951 Chicago Ave

City:

Oak Park

County:

Cook

State/Province/Region:

Illinois

Zip/Postal Code:

60302

Country:

USA

Other Address or Location Information:

Parcel/Tax number or land unit:

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

/ /

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio

Current name:

Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1880-1889

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1889

Source for Known Construction Date:

Village of Oak Park building permit archives.

Architect/Designer:

Frank Lloyd Wright

Developer:

Builder:

Significant Owner(s):

FLW Home and Studio

Historical Summary:

The original home was constructed in 1889 and has an 1895 playroom addition. The studio was built in 1898 and remodeled by Wright in 1911, converting the studio into living quarters for his family and the home into rental property, adding a garage and apartment. The building was restored to its 1909 appearance between 1974-1987. See attached Historic Landmark nomination report.

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

irregular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

Style, Primary:

Shingle Style

Style, Secondary:

Prairie School

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

masonry

Foundation:

poured concrete

Basement:

Building Size:

Square footage/meters:

Roof Configuration:

Gable

Roof Material

wood shingles

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

historic wood shingles

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

original Stained Glass

Window Panes/Lights:

Geometric pattern

Window Type:

casements

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

one

Chimney Placement 1:

center exterior brick

Chimney Count (second):

one

Chimney Placement 2:

side left exterior brick

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Open verandas with side wall on Forest and Chicago facades.

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

Full-width

Porch Type:

veranda

Porch Roof Shape:

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Side wall brick posts on

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Single Dwelling

Present Function:

Recreation and Culture: Museum

Function remarks:

Home and Studio museum is open to the public. Visit www.flwright.org.

Listed, Designated, or Protected Status

Status Code:

Listed at the national level?

Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: Yes
Landmark: Yes

Date, name, remarks:

National Historic Landmark, 1976 / FLW-Prairie School Historic District

Designated at State/Province level?

Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: No
Landmark: No

Date, name, remarks:

Designated Locally?

Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: Yes
Landmark: Yes

Date, name, remarks:

Oak Park Historic Landmark, 1996 / FLW-Prairie School Historic District

Protected by ordinance or regulation?:

Yes

Protection status, remarks:

Oak Park Historic Preservation Ordinance

Evaluation of Potential Eligibility

Potentially eligible for historic/heritage designation?

Contributes to potential district

Level of potential eligibility

National
Local

Rating or Rank

Contributing

Recommended as a potential landmark?

National level landmark
Local level landmark

Criteria:

Significance and Context

Theme(s)

Period of significance

Significance/Context Remarks

Area(s) of Significance

Ancillary Structures / Outbuildings

Number of ancillary structures / outbuildings:

Secondary structure type

Contributing to primary property?

Ancillary structures remarks or description:

Condition and Alterations

Character of modifications:

General Condition:

Excellent

Moved or Relocated?:

Date moved or relocated:

Relocation remarks:

Alterations?

Date of major alterations:

Nature of alterations:

Additions?:

Date of major additions:

Addition Height:

Addition Placement:

Addition Type:

Nature of additions:

Endangered / Threatened

Endangered by:

Endangered/Threatened remarks:

Recommendations:

Contact:

Tourism / Featured Destination

Open to the public:

Yes

Contact information, Hours, and Amenities:

Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
(312) 994-4000
www.flwright.org
Tours daily 9 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Closed: Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.

For Sale, Rent, or Lease

Property Classification:

Sale status:

Sale remarks:

Owner

Ownership type:

Private

Name of Owner:

Frank Lloyd Wright Trust

Owner Mailing Address:

931 Chicago Avenue

Legal Description of Property/Comments:

Survey and Recorder

Authorized Resource Number or ID :

Optional Tracking or Sequence Number:

Alternate Resource ID or Key:

Survey Date:

September 18, 2014

Surveyed By:

Douglas Kaarre, AICP
Village of Oak Park

Report Name, or Reason for Survey:

Survey and Planning

Level of Survey:

intensive

Sources, References, Bibliography

Previously Surveyed?

Yes

Name of Previous Survey:

Oak Park Survey 1970

Additional Research Recommended?

Other Sources of Information:

Building permit records.

General Remarks:

The combined building encompasses both 951 Chicago and 428 Forest.

Latitude:	41.8940631324478600
Longitude:	-87.7997726576721200
UTM:	Zone 16T 433654.7477 mE, 4638323.4967 mN
Datum	WGS84

Home facing Forest Avenue (Village of Oak Park)

Studio facing Chicago Avenue (Village of Oak Park)

Attached Files

NOMINATION_REPORT_-_FLW_Home_and_Studio.pdf

951 Chicago Ave Oak Park, Illinois USA

Attached Files

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