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The Frederick C. Robie House is a U.S. National Historic Landmark now on the campus of the University of Chicago in the South Side community area of Hyde Park in Chicago, Illinois. Built between 1909 and 1910, the building was designed as a single family home by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Frederick C. Robie, his wife Lora. Address. 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave. Status. National Register of Historic Places. National Historic Landmark. Open to the public with tours available. Website. cal.flwright.org.
Frederick C. Robie House. About. Completed in 1910, the Robie House (1908-1910) is the consummate expression of Wright’s Prairie style. Robie House sparked a revolution in residential architecture that still reverberates today and is considered one of the most important buildings in architectural history.
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Frederick Robie (August 12, 1822 – February 3, 1912) was an American physician and politician who most notably served as the 39th Governor of Maine. Early life. Robie was born in Gorham, Maine and studied at the Gorham Academy. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1841.
Robie House is recognized as an icon of American architecture. Completed: 1910 Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright Address: 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave. Google Map. Frank Lloyd Wright’s world-famous Robie House, designed for businessman Frederick C. Robie between 1908 and 1910, has been a National Historic Landmark since 1963.
Completed in 1910, the house Wright designed for Frederick C. Robie is the consummate expression of his Prairie style. The house is conceived as an integral whole—site and structure, interior and exterior, furniture, ornament and architecture, each element is connected.
Robie House, residence designed for Frederick C. Robie by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in Chicago. Completed in 1910, the structure is the culmination of Wright’s modern design innovations that came to be called the Prairie style. Read more about the house, its history, and how it defied tradition.
