Built in 1917-1921, this Textile Block and Mayan Revival-style building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Albert D. German, a wholesale goods merchant, and was built to serve as a warehouse, tea room, restaurant, and art gallery. The building is the earliest example of Wright’s textile block and Mayan Revival period, which dominated his work during the 1920s, and replaced an earlier, smaller building to the rear, which still stands. The building was built of concrete with columns featuring decorative geometric capitals, large bays at the entrance at the center of the front facade, an offi‹
A. D. German Warehouse

Frank Lloyd Wright

Exterior · Richland Center, United States · 1921

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Built in 1917-1921, this Textile Block and Mayan Revival-style building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Albert D. German, a wholesale goods merchant, and was built to serve as a warehouse, tea room, restaurant, and art gallery. The building is the earliest example of Wright’s textile block and Mayan Revival period, which dominated his work during the 1920s, and replaced an earlier, smaller building to the rear, which still stands. The building was built of concrete with columns featuring decorative geometric capitals, large bays at the entrance at the center of the front facade, an offi

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