The house was built between 1900 and 1901 and its design is credited toFrank Lloyd Wright, although there is some dispute about this. The squarish design,double-hung windows and sizeable third-floor attic were not standard features of Wright-designed homes at this time, and some scholars believe this home may have actually been designed by William Adams himself, who served as a contractor on several Wright homes.[1][2]
The house was designated aChicago landmark on June 16, 1994,[3] and a Chicago Landmark plaque is embedded into the ground in front of the home.[4]
In March 2014, the house was sold for $980,000 after being owned by the same family since 1952.[5]
^Frank Lloyd Wright.An Autobiography, new and revised ed. (New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1943), p. 143, "[the casement] was not used at that time in the United States, so I lost many clients because I insisted upon it. The client usually wanted to double-hung (the guillotine window) in use then, although it was neither simple nor human."
