Need an architectural distraction so here are some homes in Oak Park. The Frank E. Long House (1924) is a cottage-style design w/a wavy thatched roof, made out of steamed cedar shingles. Architect L.E. Stanhope got his start working for Burnham & Root & mainly worked in Chicago.
I gotta include a Frank Lloyd Wright as this is Oak Park, the town he lived & worked in for 20 yrs. The William E. Martin House (1903) is unusual for a Prairie Style design in that it’s more vertical than horizontal. Martin was the President of a Stove Polish Company in Chicago.
I gotta include a Frank Lloyd Wright as this is Oak Park, the town he lived & worked in for 20 yrs. The William E. Martin House (1903) is unusual for a Prairie Style design in that it’s more vertical than horizontal. Martin was the President of a Stove Polish Company in Chicago.
I gotta include a Frank Lloyd Wright as this is Oak Park, the town he lived & worked in for 20 yrs. The William E. Martin House (1903) is unusual for a Prairie Style design in that it’s more vertical than horizontal. Martin was the President of a Stove Polish Company in Chicago.
I gotta include a Frank Lloyd Wright as this is Oak Park, the town he lived & worked in for 20 yrs. The William E. Martin House (1903) is unusual for a Prairie Style design in that it’s more vertical than horizontal. Martin was the President of a Stove Polish Company in Chicago.
I gotta include a Frank Lloyd Wright as this is Oak Park, the town he lived & worked in for 20 yrs. The William E. Martin House (1903) is unusual for a Prairie Style design in that it’s more vertical than horizontal. Martin was the President of a Stove Polish Company in Chicago.
How about some Queen Annes?

Top Row: Constructed by builder/developer Henry Hogans for Dr. Edgerton in 1904. Sampson Rogers House designed by Frank Ellis in 1890.

Bottom Row: Compare 143 S. Elmwood Ave, built in 1895, today and back in 1911. (OP Building Permit Archives)
How about some Queen Annes? Top Row: Constructed by builder/developer Henry Hogans for Dr. Edgerton in 1904. Sampson Rogers House designed by Frank Ellis in 1890.Bottom Row: Compare 143 S. Elmwood Ave, built in 1895, today and back in 1911. (OP Building Permit Archives)
How about some Queen Annes? Top Row: Constructed by builder/developer Henry Hogans for Dr. Edgerton in 1904. Sampson Rogers House designed by Frank Ellis in 1890.Bottom Row: Compare 143 S. Elmwood Ave, built in 1895, today and back in 1911. (OP Building Permit Archives)
How about some Queen Annes? Top Row: Constructed by builder/developer Henry Hogans for Dr. Edgerton in 1904. Sampson Rogers House designed by Frank Ellis in 1890.Bottom Row: Compare 143 S. Elmwood Ave, built in 1895, today and back in 1911. (OP Building Permit Archives)
How about some Queen Annes? Top Row: Constructed by builder/developer Henry Hogans for Dr. Edgerton in 1904. Sampson Rogers House designed by Frank Ellis in 1890.Bottom Row: Compare 143 S. Elmwood Ave, built in 1895, today and back in 1911. (OP Building Permit Archives)
I got some great southern light on the Nathan Shure House designed by Prairie School architects Spencer & Powers in 1915. Love that eyebrow window!

Be back with more OP houses later! 👋
Ahem this is how you do a bungalow pop top!

This craftsman bungalow was designed by Chicago architect Albert J. Buerger Jr. in 1925 for original owner Joseph Biederman.
Ok people keep tweeting about “The Bunker” so here goes. This solar design (1979-82) was built by architect Errol Kirsch as his own personal residence. Needs a good power wash but it’s definitely a house that catches your attention, whether you like brutalist architecture or not.
Ok people keep tweeting about “The Bunker” so here goes. This solar design (1979-82) was built by architect Errol Kirsch as his own personal residence. Needs a good power wash but it’s definitely a house that catches your attention, whether you like brutalist architecture or not.
Ok people keep tweeting about “The Bunker” so here goes. This solar design (1979-82) was built by architect Errol Kirsch as his own personal residence. Needs a good power wash but it’s definitely a house that catches your attention, whether you like brutalist architecture or not.
Ok people keep tweeting about “The Bunker” so here goes. This solar design (1979-82) was built by architect Errol Kirsch as his own personal residence. Needs a good power wash but it’s definitely a house that catches your attention, whether you like brutalist architecture or not.
Ok people keep tweeting about “The Bunker” so here goes. This solar design (1979-82) was built by architect Errol Kirsch as his own personal residence. Needs a good power wash but it’s definitely a house that catches your attention, whether you like brutalist architecture or not.
Continuing this thread with some more examples of Oak Park bungalows because the world can’t have enough cute little homes imo. Like we need as many as possible.
Continuing this thread with some more examples of Oak Park bungalows because the world can’t have enough cute little homes imo. Like we need as many as possible.
Continuing this thread with some more examples of Oak Park bungalows because the world can’t have enough cute little homes imo. Like we need as many as possible.
Continuing this thread with some more examples of Oak Park bungalows because the world can’t have enough cute little homes imo. Like we need as many as possible.
Continuing this thread with some more examples of Oak Park bungalows because the world can’t have enough cute little homes imo. Like we need as many as possible.
This is one of Oak Park's oldest surviving homes, an Italianate/Greek Revival farmhouse at the corner of East & Chicago Avenues built for Michael L. Carter in the 1870s. Hard to believe but the home was located in the middle of an apple orchard when it was first built.
Back to finish this Oak Park thread with some more cool old homes. Remember it’s not just all Frank Lloyd Wright. There are many examples of Prairie School architecture here by architects like Tallmadge & Watson, John Van Bergen, George W. Maher, E.E. Roberts, Robert Spencer etc.
Back to finish this Oak Park thread with some more cool old homes. Remember it’s not just all Frank Lloyd Wright. There are many examples of Prairie School architecture here by architects like Tallmadge & Watson, John Van Bergen, George W. Maher, E.E. Roberts, Robert Spencer etc.
Back to finish this Oak Park thread with some more cool old homes. Remember it’s not just all Frank Lloyd Wright. There are many examples of Prairie School architecture here by architects like Tallmadge & Watson, John Van Bergen, George W. Maher, E.E. Roberts, Robert Spencer etc.
Back to finish this Oak Park thread with some more cool old homes. Remember it’s not just all Frank Lloyd Wright. There are many examples of Prairie School architecture here by architects like Tallmadge & Watson, John Van Bergen, George W. Maher, E.E. Roberts, Robert Spencer etc.
Back to finish this Oak Park thread with some more cool old homes. Remember it’s not just all Frank Lloyd Wright. There are many examples of Prairie School architecture here by architects like Tallmadge & Watson, John Van Bergen, George W. Maher, E.E. Roberts, Robert Spencer etc.
Another Prairie School gem: the Vernon Skiff House (1909) by Nimmons & Fellows, best known for designing the buildings for Sears Roebuck & Co. Skiff’s son & son-in-law, who both lived down the block in homes designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw, founded the Jewel Tea Company.
Remembering how an artist was inspired by one of my old house photos from my old house Instagram. This home located at 303 S. Humphrey Avenue in the Ridgeland-Oak Park Historic District was built in 1880.
Lots of architects lived & worked in Oak Park, not just Frank Lloyd Wright, like William J. Van Keuren (1853-1915) who designed a number of homes & commercial buildings in OP from the 1880s until his death. He lived in a home of his own design (left house in top left corner).
Lots of architects lived & worked in Oak Park, not just Frank Lloyd Wright, like William J. Van Keuren (1853-1915) who designed a number of homes & commercial buildings in OP from the 1880s until his death. He lived in a home of his own design (left house in top left corner).
Lots of architects lived & worked in Oak Park, not just Frank Lloyd Wright, like William J. Van Keuren (1853-1915) who designed a number of homes & commercial buildings in OP from the 1880s until his death. He lived in a home of his own design (left house in top left corner).
Lots of architects lived & worked in Oak Park, not just Frank Lloyd Wright, like William J. Van Keuren (1853-1915) who designed a number of homes & commercial buildings in OP from the 1880s until his death. He lived in a home of his own design (left house in top left corner).
Lots of architects lived & worked in Oak Park, not just Frank Lloyd Wright, like William J. Van Keuren (1853-1915) who designed a number of homes & commercial buildings in OP from the 1880s until his death. He lived in a home of his own design (left house in top left corner).
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