Frank Lloyd Wright's Home and Studio Visit

We were told by friends, and knew by looking at tour books, that a trip to Oak Park where Frank Lloyd Wright created the Prairie School of Architecture was in order. In the town are the largest collection of Wright designed buildings and homes. We saw many of them. Wright lived there between 1889 and 1909. It turns out he wasn't the only famous American from that quaint town.... We took the El green train on Monday, Columbus Day, and got off at a place we thought we would love to live. It was fun walking to the Wright home and studio past the town, attractive huge homes, and large trees with their leaves blowing down on us.

A home along the route.

Along the way we ended up walking with Sarah Kim from Toronto, who was on a vacation by herself after being part of the organizing group of the Toronto Film Festival.


We marveled at this huge tree as it leaned over the sidewalk showing off its red leaves.

The birthplace of Hemingway wasn't open until 1 pm, so we didn't have a chance to go into it or into the museum across the street. Once we were through touring the neighborhood viewing the architecture and having a guided tour of the Wright home, we had to hurry back to Chicago.




Robert is on the very porch were little Ernest played.

Here is the symbol Frank Lloyd Wright designed as his personal stamp.

This is the entrance to his studio where his team worked. The other side of the home was for his large family. We enjoyed the tour inside. I was not allowed to take any pictures, however.





I will have pictures of many of Wright designed homes and others in the neighborhood on a future blog entry. If you ever go to Chicago, I recommend the same side trip. The train ride was only $2 each way a person!