Designed in 1908-1909 and built in 1909-1910, this Prairie-style house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Frederick C. Robie, assistant manager of the Excelsior Supply Company, and his wife, Lora Hieronymus Robie, a 1900 graduate of the University of Chicago who aspired to become the owner and operator of a Kindergarten. Built by the H.B. Barnard Co., the house was the last to be designed in the Chicago area during Frank Lloyd Wright’s period of residency in Oak Park, before he relocated to Taliesin the year following the completion of the house. The house was the home of the Robie family ‹›
Robie House

Frank Lloyd Wright

Interior · Chicago, United States · 1910

Photo: w_lemay · 2015-10-16 · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 2448×3264

Designed in 1908-1909 and built in 1909-1910, this Prairie-style house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Frederick C. Robie, assistant manager of the Excelsior Supply Company, and his wife, Lora Hieronymus Robie, a 1900 graduate of the University of Chicago who aspired to become the owner and operator of a Kindergarten. Built by the H.B. Barnard Co., the house was the last to be designed in the Chicago area during Frank Lloyd Wright’s period of residency in Oak Park, before he relocated to Taliesin the year following the completion of the house. The house was the home of the Robie family

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