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Earl Johnson House For Sale 27 Aug 2013 | 05:51 pm
Scott T. sends word that James Dresser's Earl Johnson House in Madison, WI is for sale for $499,000. Scott provides a little background info on the house after the jump... "Dresser designed it but Ea...
Purple Hotel A Goner 27 Aug 2013 | 05:43 pm
Mark H. sends a link to the news that the Purple Hotel in Lincolnwood, IL, built in the early 1960s and once the place where the famous (and infamous) stayed, will be torn down today to make way for s...
Books That Inspired Tolkien Get New Look 27 Aug 2013 | 05:37 pm
DesignTaxi reports that Penguin Books recently redesigned the covers of the Legends of the Ancient North, the five books that apparently inspired J.R.R. Tolkien to write The Hobbit. Check out all of t...
River Forest's Architecture Surveyed 27 Aug 2013 | 05:28 pm
The Forest Leaves reports that this past Monday, the River Forest Board of Trustees unanimously adopted a Significant Properties List developed by the Historic Preservation Commission, which is intend...
Preservation Trust To Host Unity Temple Tours 26 Aug 2013 | 05:48 pm
The Oak Leaves reports that the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust, the organization which oversees restoration, programs, and public tours at several Chicago-area Wright sites, will begin hosting ...
Wright Oak Park Home Work 26 Aug 2013 | 05:43 pm
Bruce O'Brien posts images of another Wright-related restoration project to the Prairie School Traveler Facebook page. This time, the project involves the work being done at Wright's Oak Park home at ...
Hardy Shows Its True Colors 26 Aug 2013 | 05:27 pm
Mark Hertzberg's Wright in Racine blog posts news and photos of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Hardy House's restored exterior stucco color (a lovely shade of terra cotta). Read and see more here. I...
Frank Lloyd Wright's Hunt House For Sale 23 Aug 2013 | 05:34 pm
Estately.com features the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Stephen M.B. Hunt Residence (based on Wright's "A Fireproof House for $5000" design) in LaGrange, IL for sale for the asking price of $699,900. Ch...
Preserving Lustron: The Pre Fab American Dream 23 Aug 2013 | 05:18 pm
The National Trust for Historic Preservation blog recently featured a post on the American dream embodied in the Lustron prefabricated steel home. Although promised to be the answer to low-cost post w...
Madison MCM For Sale 23 Aug 2013 | 08:50 am
PrairieMod reader Dan B. was kind enough to send a listing for a MCM house in Madison, WI that he says was designed by architect Rolly Williamson for his own family in 1961. Check out the listing here...
