Constructed as an essential extension of Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park home after its 1895 renovation, the Studio for Frank Lloyd Wright emerged to provide an ideal haven for his …
This extraordinary building in Oak Park, Illinois was the home of the Wright family from 1889 to 1909. Wright began building this house in 1889, shortly after his marriage to Catherine Tobin, using $5,000 borrowed from Louis Sullivan. The Wright family - Frank and Catherine and their six children - lived here while he built his architectural practice and created the "Prairie Style" of architecture.