Frank W. Thomas House - Oak Park, IL
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Hikenutty
N 41° 53.433 W 087° 48.006
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Frank Lloyd Wright regularly used stained glass in the windows of the residential homes he designed. The Thomas house, his first prairie style home in Oak Park, has some wonderful examples of this.
Waymark Code: WM1Y9Z
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 08/02/2007
Views: 70
Frank Lloyd Wright regularly used stained glass in the windows of the residential homes he designed. His designs were always geometric in shape, typically using squares and rectangles, but at times incorporating circles and triangles.
The Thomas house, his first prairie style home in Oak Park, has some wonderful examples of his glass. The lower horizontal band of windows are all stained glass and the upper band of windows are each flanked by a vertical strip of stained glass on either side.
This house was commissioned by James C. Rogers for his daughter and her husband, Frank Wright Thomas. The home is his first all stucco home in Oak Park. He used stucco instead of wood siding to accentuate the clear, geometric forms of his designs.
The structure is privately owned and in a residential neighborhood, so please do any viewing of the windows from the sidewalk.
Type of building where window is located: Private Property
Address:
210 N. Forest Ave.
Oak Park, IL USA
60302
Days of Operation: Daily during daylight
Hours of Operation: From: 6:00 AM To: 7:00 PM
Admission Charge: Not Listed
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