Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), Architect
Frank Lloyd Wright was born in 1867 and grew up to practice architecture, primarily in Oak Park, Illinois. He designed a few houses in Nebraska: one in Lincoln and two in McCook. Wright died in 1959.[3]
This page is a contribution to the publication, Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. See the format and contents page for more information on the compilation and page organization.
Contents
Educational & Professional Associations
Buildings & Projects
Frank W. Little house (189_), NE corner, 17th & G, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Project for C. W. Barnes house (1902-1903), McCook, Nebraska.[1][a]
W. P. Sutton house (1905-1908), McCook, Nebraska (RW05-001)
Prefabs for Marshall Groman Company (ca. 1950).
Notes
a. Project architect for Frank Lloyd Wright was Walter Burley Griffen, Architect.[1:correspondence]
References
1. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect, “Mr. C. W. Barnes, McCook, Nebraska: Mill & Lumber Schedule,” “Specifications,” and Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1902-1903. Photocopies of TS. and MS., (Oak Park, Illinois: [1902-1903]). In Nebraska State Historical Society, Historic Preservation Division, Architect file.
1. Phone conversation w/ Russell Wright (see Nebraska State Historical Society file.
2. Honour Fleming, ed. Persner The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture (Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1966), 310-11 and elsewhere.
3. AIA Historical Directory of American Architects: A Resource Guide to Finding Information About Past Architects, accessed August 17, 2010, http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/ahd3001081.aspx
Other Sources
Entry in Richard Guy Wilson, The AIA Gold Medal (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984).[3]
Entry in Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (New York: Macmillan, 1982).[3]
Extensive discussion and illustrations of the Sutton house, http://www.steinerag.com/flw/Artifact%20Pages/PhRtS106.htm (accessed March 12, 2015)
Biographical listing in 1956 American Architects Directory.[3]
Entry in Biographical Dictionary of Cincinnati Architects, 1788-1940.[3]
Page Citation
D. Murphy, “Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, April 6, 2015. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, April 19, 2024.
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