Frank W. Thomas House

Frank W. Thomas House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	210 Forest Ave., Oak Park, Illinois
Coordinates	41°53′26″N87°48′00″W / 41.89056°N 87.80000°W / 41.89056; -87.80000
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1901
Architect	Frank Lloyd Wright
Architectural style	Prairie style
NRHP reference No.	72000455 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 14, 1972

The Frank W. Thomas House is a historic house located at 210 Forest Avenue in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago in Illinois, United States. The building was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901 and cast in the Wright-developed Prairie School of Architecture. By Wright's own definition, this was the first of the Prairie houses - the rooms are elevated, and there is no basement. The house also includes many of the features which became associated with the style, such as a low roof with broad overhangs, casement windows, built-in shelves and cabinets, ornate leaded glass windows and central hearths/fireplaces. Tallmadge & Watson, a Chicago firm that became part of the Prairie School of Architects, added an addition to the rear of the house in 1923. ^[2]

On September 14, 1972, the Frank Thomas House was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. ^[1]

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  Frank W. Thomas House (1901), by Frank Lloyd Wright
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  Frank W. Thomas House (1901)
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  Frank W. Thomas House (1901), 210 Forest Avenue, Oak Park, IL
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  Main floor plan
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  Bedroom floor plan

See also

• List of Frank Lloyd Wright works
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cook County, Illinois

Notes

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Bell, Robert A. (July 4, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Frank Thomas Residence" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2016.

References

• Heinz, Thomas A. The Vision of Frank Lloyd Wright, S. Webb & Sons., Isle of Anglesey, UK: 2002, pp. 81–85, ISBN   1-85361-504-8.
• Storrer, William Allin (1993). The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion . Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN   978-0-226-77624-8. OCLC   28676420. (S.067).