| Frederick C. Robie House | |
|---|---|
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| Location | 5757 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41°47′23.4″N 87°35′45.3″W / 41.789833°N 87.595917°W |
| Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
| Built | 1909 |
| Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Architectural style(s) | Prairie style |
| Governing body | The University of Chicago |
| Criteria | Cultural: (ii) |
| Designated | 2019 (43rd session) |
| Part of | The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Reference no. | 1496-002 |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Designated | October 15, 1966[1] |
| Reference no. | 66000316[1] |
| Designated | November 27, 1963[2] |
| Designated | September 15, 1971[3] |
  Location of Frederick C. Robie House in Chicago metropolitan area  Robie House (Illinois)  Robie House (the United States) | |
The Frederick C. Robie House is a historic house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908-09 and constructed in 1909-10. It is located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, on the campus of the University of Chicago. Robie House is regarded as a high point of the Prairie Style and marks the end of Wright’s Oak Park years, an incredibly creative and productive twenty-year period that has been called his first golden age.[4]
Robie House has received city, state, national, and international recognition for its architectural significance as one of the great buildings of the twentieth century. In 1963, Robie House was designated a National Historic Landmark, the first in the city of Chicago and the first to be selected based on architectural merit alone. In 1966, Robie House was listed on the first National Register of Historic Places.[1] In 1971, Robie House was declared a Chicago Landmark,[5] the first building to receive such recognition from the newly formed Commission on Chicago Landmarks. In 1980, the house was designated an Illinois Historic Landmark.[2] Most recently, in 2019, Robie House was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site together with seven other significant works by Frank Lloyd Wright under the group listing "The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright."
Robie House is owned by the University of Chicago and is regularly open to the public as a historic house museum operated and maintained by the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust.[6]
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Frederick C. Robie House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ "Chicago Landmarks - Robie House" (PDF). 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-08-26. Note: While the current 2016 edition of Chicago Landmarks published by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks places the date of landmark status in 1971, other reliable sources place the date in April 1957, immediately after the formation of the precursor to the current Landmarks Commission in March 1957.
- ^ Manson, Grant C. Frank Lloyd Wright to 1910 : The First Golden Age. New York: Reinhold, 1958.
- ^ https://webapps1.chicago.gov/landmarksweb/web/landmarkdetails.htm?lanId=1413 [bare URL]
- ^ https://flwright.org/ [bare URL]