Frederick C. Robie House, Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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B.O'Kane / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
BTKK6XFile size:
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6481 x 4321 px | 54.9 x 36.6 cm | 21.6 x 14.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
3 September 2010Location:
5757 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USAMore information:
The Frederick C. Robie House is a U.S National Historic Landmark in the Chicago, Illinois neighborhood of Hyde Park at 5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue on the South Side. It was designed and built between 1908 and 1910 by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and is renowned as the greatest example of his Prairie style, the first architectural style that was uniquely American. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on November 27, 1963 and was on the very first National Register of Historic Places list of October 15, 1966. Wright designed the Robie House in his studio in Oak Park, Illinois between 1908 and 1909. In August 1958, William Zeckendorf, a friend of Wright's and a New York real estate developer then involved in several development projects on Chicago's south side, acquired the Robie House at Wright's urging through his development company Webb & Knapp. In February 1963, Zeckendorf donated the building to the University of Chicago.