Architectural Styles

Prairie

Alt names / subperiods 

Timeline

Distinguishing Features

Geographic Presence

Prairie School

Organic Architecture

Frank Lloyd Wright

 

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1890-1925

  • Strong horizontal lines
  • reflect the flat landscape of the American Midwest
  • low-pitched roofs
  • wide overhanging eaves
  • open, flowing space planning
  • local materials
  • brick, wood and stone,
  • harmonize with their environment
  • large windows
  • USA
  • Canada

Common Building Types

Landmark buildings

Historic Accommodation Types

Accommodation Examples

  • Single family homes
  • bungalows
  • public buildings
  • Robie House Chicago
  • Unity Temple Illinois,
  • B. Harley Bradley House Ilinois
  • Larkin Administration Building Buffalo
  • Charles E. Roberts House Illinois
  • William H. Winslow House Illinois,
  • rank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio Oak Park, Illinois;
  • Woodbury County Courthouse, Iowa
  • Meyer May House in Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Ward Willits House, Highland Park, Illinois
  • Merchants National Bank, Winona, Minnesota
  • Henry Schultz House, Winnetka, Illinois
  • William H. Emery Jr. House
  • Ralph Griffin House, Edwardsville, Illinois
  • William E. Drummond house, River Forest, Illinois
  • Morocco Temple, Jacksonville, Florida
  • First Reformed Church, Toledo, Ohio
  • Veterans’ Memorial Library in St. Cloud, Florida
  • Oak Circle Historic District
  • Park Inn Hotel & City National Bank Building Mason City, Iowa
  • G. C. Stockman House
  • Mason City, Iowa
  • First Congregational Church of Austin
  • Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House — in Evanston, Illinois
  • Stinson Memorial Library Illinois
  • Cafe Brauer in Chicago
  • Taliesin Spring Green, Wisconsin 
  • Urban Hotels & Commercial Hotels
  • Railway-Adjacent & Transport Hotels
  • Apartment Hotels & Long-Stay Accommodation (Core Prairie Type)
  • Resort Hotels & Lakeside Inns
  • Boarding Houses, Inns
  • Converted Prairie Residences
  • Early Motor Hotels & Tourist Courts (Proto-Motels)
  • Institutional Lodging with Prairie Influence
  • B&B
  • Park Inn Hotel Mason City, Iowa 1909–1910. The only remaining hotel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Hotel Braley (later Braley Apartments) Flint, Michigan 1919
  • Wright-Influenced Apartment Hotels — Chicago; Oak Park, Evanston
  • The Plainsman Hotel (historic phase) Kansas
  • Hotel Florence (resort phase) Florence, Wisconsin
  • Midwestern Lakeside Inns (Wisconsin / Michigan / Minnesota)
  • Prairie-Style Auto Courts Midwest & Plains States
  • Taliesin Estate Guest Accommodation — Spring Green, Wisconsin Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Midwestern Retreat & Conference Lodges

Adaptive Reuse

  • Prairie Houses Converted to Inns – Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin
  • Prairie School Inn Oak Park, Illinois

Landmarks

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