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The B. Harley Bradley House (also known as “Glenlloyd”) is a major transitional work that marks the beginning of Wright’s Prairie style. Built. 1900. Client. B. Harley Bradley and his wife Anna. Address. 701 S. Harrison Ave. Status. National Register of Historic Places. Open to the public with tours available. Website. wright1900.org.
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. [2] History. B. Harley Bradley and his wife, Anna Hickox Bradley, were the brother-in-law and sister of Warren Hickox, of the Warren Hickox House, located next to the Bradley House.
- 1900–1901
- Prairie School
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- 701 S. Harrison Ave., Kankakee, Illinois
B. HARLEY BRADLEY HOUSE. Frank Lloyd Wright's First Prairie Design. “The House that changed the Face of American Architecture in 1900” About Our Tours! SEE WRIGHT THROUGH US! Frank Lloyd Wrights Bradley House.wmv. Watch on. Read about our Landmark Preservation Campaign.
May 1, 2024 · The home itself, not unlike many of Wright’s, has a storied — and sometimes dark and tragic — history. In what was likely the first of Wright’s Prairie Style designs, the home was originally designed and built for B. Harley Bradley at the turn of the twentieth century (B. Harley was the grandson of David Bradley, who produced farm and ...
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Restoration status: From 2005 to 2010, the house was restored to its 1901 appearance. It is now operated by Wright in Kankakee as a public museum. Wright’s design for the B. Harley Bradley house expands upon the architectural vocabulary he had begun to explore in the Husser house, and which eventually came to define his mature Prairie buildings.
The B. Harley Bradley House is one of the first two houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900, featuring a simple, plain composition, horizontal to the ground, with rows of casement windows, a low pitched roof, and wood trim. It is part of the Frank Lloyd Wright campus in Kankakee, Illinois, where you can rent or visit other buildings designed by Wright.
An American Home: Frank Lloyd Wright's B. Harley Bradley House is a local public television program presented by Lakeshore PBS . Streaming for An American Home is made...
