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William B. Greene House
1300 West Garfield
Avenue
Aurora, Illinois
- Frank Lloyd
Wright - 1912
The Greene House is the only
house in Aurora designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright. Constructed
in the Prairie style of
architecture, it was at that
time the smallest home that
Wright designed. William B.
Greene was one of the founders
of the Barber-Greene Equipment
Company. His college friend,
Harry Robinson, was one of
Wright’s draftsmen, and Greene
posed the question with Harry as
to Wright’s possible interest in
a very modest home on his lot.
Wright was indeed interested.
Greene stated that home building
was then slack, and Wright had
fallen into disfavor with the
public following the abandonment
of his wife and six children for
another woman. His friend Harry
came out to the site to learn
their requirements. They then
reviewed other Wright plans and
sketches which were all too
elaborate. They preferred the
gable roof over the flat roof,
liked the casement windows and
fireplace. In 1926, Robinson
designed an addition to the west
of the original house that
nearly doubled the size of the
house to accommodate Greene's
growing family. Mr. & Mrs.
Greene later built a Usonian
retirement home behind their
original Wright home in 1958.
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Healy Chapel,
332 West Downer Place,
Aurora, Illinois - George
G. Elmslie & Associates -
1927
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Henry J.
Cooper House,
729 West Downer Place,
Aurora, Illinois Designer
unknown, c. 1909
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German American Bank
Building
1 South Broadway, Aurora,
Illinois
George G. Elmslie &
Associates, 1922
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The Keystone Building
30 South Stolp Avenue,
Aurora, Illinois
George G. Elmslie &
Associates, 1923
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Joliet |
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House at 900 W. Western
Avenue, Joliet, Illinois -
designer unknown |
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Harwood House at 950 W.
Western Avenue, Joliet, Illinois
- Spencer & Powers |
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Forester's Cottage ? -
House at 1919 East Highland Park
Drive, Joliet, Illinois - Robert
Spencer ? |
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This page lasted updated 01/01/14
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