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| Location: | Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA |
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| Built/Founded: | c. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A historic district in the United States is a group of buildings properties or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally In the law regulating Historic districts in the United States, a contributing property is any property structure or object which adds to the historical integrity Oak Park Illinois is a suburb bordering the west side of the City of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Cook County is a county in the US state of Illinois. It is the second most populous county in the United States after Los Angeles The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. 1874, 1906 and 1977 |
| Architect: | Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Architectural style(s): | Prairie style |
| Added to NRHP: | December 4, 1973 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 7300069 |
| Governing body: | Private owner |
The Edward R. Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8 1867 &ndash April 9 1959 was an American (of Welsh descent Architect, Interior designer, Writer, and educator who Prairie School was a late 19th and early 20th century architectural style most common to the Midwestern United States. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Hills House, also known as the Hills-DeCaro House, is a home that Frank Lloyd Wright designed the remodel for in 1906. Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8 1867 &ndash April 9 1959 was an American (of Welsh descent Architect, Interior designer, Writer, and educator who Renovation is the process of improving a structure Two prominent types of renovations are commercial and residential The house is located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, and is cast in Wright's signature Prairie style. Oak Park Illinois is a suburb bordering the west side of the City of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Prairie School was a late 19th and early 20th century architectural style most common to the Midwestern United States. In 1976, a major fire destroyed much of the original Wright-designed remodel. The home's owners rebuilt the house after the fire following Wright's original plans and restoring the building to its original 1906 appearance.
Wright's 1906 remodel completely eliminated an earlier Stick style residence on the property and resulted in a Prairie style house on the lot. The Queen Anne Style is a style of architecture, furniture and decoration that reached its greatest popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century manifesting itself in The Hills-DeCaro House is highly significant for its architecture and it represents the melding of two distinct phases in Frank Lloyd Wright's career. The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation The house contains many elements of both Prairie style and the designs that Wright experimented with throughout the 1890s. The house underwent an extensive restoration following the fire, returning it to its original 1906 appearance. The house is listed as a contributing property to a federal historic district listed on the U. In the law regulating Historic districts in the United States, a contributing property is any property structure or object which adds to the historical integrity S. National Register of Historic Places and a local Oak Park Landmark. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of
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History
The original house on the site stood north of the current home and was an 1874 Stick style residence. The Queen Anne Style is a style of architecture, furniture and decoration that reached its greatest popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century manifesting itself in [1] In 1906 the house was moved to its current location to utilize its foundation for a remodel by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Renovation is the process of improving a structure Two prominent types of renovations are commercial and residential Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8 1867 &ndash April 9 1959 was an American (of Welsh descent Architect, Interior designer, Writer, and educator who [2][3] Wright was commissioned by William Gray to remodel the house for his daughter, Mary, who was married to attorney Edward Hills. The result of Wright's design rendered the original house non-existent. [1]
In 1976, a fire devastated the Wright designed remodel. A structure fire is a Fire involving the structural components of various residential or commercial Buildings such as Single-family homes [2] The first floor was gutted when the entire second and third floors were completely destroyed and collapsed onto the first floor. [1][4] The fire was the indirect result of restoration work that was ongoing at the time. The blaze was blamed on an electric sander which was turned on in a storage room on the home's second floor. An electric spark in the sander ignited cleaning fluids and paint fumes in the room and the fire spread throughout the second and third floors. [4] Irene DeCaro was injured in the fire when she returned to the burning home to search for her pet cat. [4]
The next year the home's owners, Thomas and Irene DeCaro, undertook an extensive restoration designed to restore the fire damaged home to the original Wright specifications, based upon his plans. [2] Their restoration included adding original Wright features which were lost through the years due to alterations by the Hills. [1] The restoration brought the appearance of the home's exterior back to its 1906 look. [1] For their part in the restoration the house is sometimes referred to as the Hills-DeCaro House. [2]
Architecture
The Edward R. Hills House was remodeled in Prairie style by Frank Lloyd Wright, rendering an 1874 Stick style structure non-existent. Prairie School was a late 19th and early 20th century architectural style most common to the Midwestern United States. The fenestration, typical of Wright's early Prairie style, appears in horizontal bands. [2] The windows were custom made for the house after the 1976 fire and modeled precisely on Wrights plans. [1] The front facade of the Hills House is set back, about 100 ft (30. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit 48 m) from the street (Forest Avenue in Oak Park). The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International This feature is common to Prairie style homes. The front porch wraps around the home's northeast corner and is supported by stucco covered piers and porch supports. A porch is a structure attached to a building forming a covered entrance to a vestibule or doorway Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water The front door features the same leaded glass pattern found in the Wright designed windows. On the first floor of the front (east) facade are a pair of casement windows flanked by single casements on its southern end. GlassWindowjpg|thumb|right|190px|A stained glass panel depicting Biblical scenes at a historic church in Scotland]] A window is an opening At the center are three pairs of casements in a continuous strip. The second floor of the east facade of the home has a pair of casement windows topped by a single horizontal pane at its south end. In the center is a rectangular bay with four pairs of casement windows topped by a single horizontal window pane. A bay window is a Window space projecting outward from the main Walls of a building and forming a bay in a room either square or Polygonal in plan Over the front stairs and on the third floor are pagoda-style dormers topped with a flaring, tier-style roof covered in cedar shingles. A pagoda is the general term in the English language for a tiered Tower with multiple Eaves common in China, Japan, Korea A dormer is a structural element of a building that protrudes from the plane of a sloping roof surface [1]
Significance
The Hills-DeCaro House is an example of Wright's remodeling design work. It is listed as a contributing property to the Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture Historic District. The Frank Lloyd Wright/Prairie School of Architecture Historic District is a residential neighborhood in the Cook County Illinois village of Oak Park, United [5] The historic district joined the U. A historic district in the United States is a group of buildings properties or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally S. National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [6] On January 7, 2002, the Hills-DeCaro House was declared a landmark by the village of Oak Park. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. [7] The Hills-DeCaro House is one of three homes in Oak Park that Wright was commissioned to remodel. The other two are the 1906 Peter A. Beachy House, which was under renovation when the Hills House was built, and the William H. Copeland House, also on Forest Avenue. The Peter A Beachy House is a home in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park Illinois that was entirely remodeled by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906 The William H Copeland House is a home located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park Illinois, United States. [1]
The structure is most significant for its architecture which represents the integration of Wright's early style and his mature Prairie style; it represents a transition between periods in Wright's career. The steep-pitched roof, the dormers and simple leaded glass window designs recall Wright's earlier work, some of which is in Oak Park, such as the Thomas H. Gale House, the Robert Parker House and the Walter Gale House. The Thomas H Gale House, or simply Thomas Gale House, is a house located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park Illinois, United States The Robert P Parker House is a house located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park Illinois, United States The Walter H Gale House, located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park Illinois, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and constructed in 1893 The flared roof above the entry porch recalls early Wright designs including the George W. Smith House and the Rollin Furbeck House. The George W Smith House is a home in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park Illinois, United States designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in However, the Hills-DeCaro House contains several elements from Wrights fully mature Prairie style comparable to the elements in homes that were under construction or already built when Wright undertook the Hills House, such as the Arthur Heurtley House and the aforementioned Beachy House. The Arthur B Heurtley House is located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park Illinois, United States. Prairie elements within the design include the contrast of stucco and horizontal wood banding, a built-in planter beneath the north elevation's octagonal bay window, and the hidden entryway which is tucked into the home's northeast corner. On its interior the Prairie emphasis continues with an open floor plan and built-in furniture such as bookcases. [8]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Hills-DeCaro House," (PDF), Oak Park Landmark Nomination Form, HAARGIS Database, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved 3 June 2007. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ a b c d e "Edward R. Hills House," Oak Park Tourist, excerpted from: Sprague, Paul E. Guide to Frank Lloyd Wright & Prairie School Architecture in Oak Park Oak Park Bicentennial Commission of the American Revolution and Oak Park Landmarks Commission, Village of Oak Park: 1986, (ISBN 0961691506). Retrieved 3 June 2007. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ Frank Lloyd Wright Architectural Guide Map, Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust.
- ^ a b c Anonymous. "Wright landmark burns; 1 hurt," (ProQuest), Chicago Tribune, 4 January 1976, pg. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 3. Retrieved 3 June 2007. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ "Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture Historic District," Property Information Report, HAARGIS Database, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved 3 June 2007. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ National Register Information System, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service. Retrieved 3 June 2007. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ "Oak Park Historic Landmarks," (PDF), Village of Oak Park, official website, 8 November 2006. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved 3 June 2007. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ "Hills-DeCaro House," (PDF), Oak Park Landmark Nomination Form, HAARGIS Database, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, pg. 10. Retrieved 3 June 2007. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Entire paragraph reference.
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