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FREDERICK ROBIE, the thirty-ninth governor of Maine, was born in Gorham, Maine on August 12, 1822. His education was attained at the Gorham Academy, at Bowdoin College, where he graduated in 1841, and at the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, where he earned his medical degree in 1844.
Robie was born in Gorham, Maine and studied at the Gorham Academy. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1841. After graduation, he taught at academies in the Southern states and served as a tutor to the family of Dennis DuPont Hankins, a plantation owner in the Territory of Florida.
Designed from 1908 – 1910, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House is the most famous of the architect’s Prairie-style houses. Wright’s clients, Frederick Robie and his wife Lora, lived in Hyde Park on Chicago’s South Side, near the University of Chicago.
Enjoy a virtual tour of the iconic Frederick C. Robie House, the consummate expression of Wright’s Prairie style. Learn about the Prairie Style and the Midwestern architects who contributed to its development.
Experience and explore Frank Lloyd Wright’s visionary Robie House on this in-depth guided tour. Trained interpreters provide an immersive experience of Wright’s Prairie style masterpiece as you tour both the exterior and interior of the house.
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.
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. The structure is often cited as the best example of the Prairie style.
