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Learn about the B. Harley Bradley House, a transitional work that marks the beginning of Wright’s Prairie style. See the cruciform plan, the art glass windows, and the history of this National Register of Historic Places site.
The B. Harley Bradley House is a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home, constructed in the Prairie School style, that was constructed in Kankakee, Illinois in 1900–1901.
B. HARLEY BRADLEY HOUSE. The House that changed the Face of American Architecture in 1900. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
May 1, 2024 · 701 South Harrison Avenue, Kankakee, Illinois. Jump instead to present day, a fairly nice Sunday afternoon and a trip to Kankakee, Illinois to view a Frank Lloyd Wright home — actually a pair of them — there.
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On the exterior, the low, flared gabled roofs exaggerate the horizontality of the squat, layered rectangular volumes that comprise the two-story house. In a bold reinterpretation of traditional English half-timbered design prototypes, Wright carried the plaster and dark wood surface treatment across the entire façade of the house.
An American Home tells the interweaving stories of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the B. Harley Bradley House — one of Wright’s earliest designs, and the community of Kankakee, Illinois where the home resides.
The design of the B. Harley Bradley House helped establish Frank Lloyd Wright as one of America's greatest architects, but this home, its designer, and the community around it had to...
