Built in 1891-1892, this Sullivanesque and Chicago School-style townhouse was designed by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright of Adler and Sullivan for James Charnley, a lumber baron and personal friend of Sullivan. Sullivan and Charnley, in fact, were such good friends that Charnley commissioned Sullivan to build himself and Sullivan adjacent summer cottages in Mississippi. The Sullivan cottage was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, but the Charnley cottage survived, albeit with severe damage, requiring extensive reconstruction. The Charnley-Persky House is one of a few surviving resid‹›
James Charnley House

Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright

Exterior · Chicago, United States · 1892

Photo: w_lemay · 2022-11-06 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 3850×2887

Built in 1891-1892, this Sullivanesque and Chicago School-style townhouse was designed by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright of Adler and Sullivan for James Charnley, a lumber baron and personal friend of Sullivan. Sullivan and Charnley, in fact, were such good friends that Charnley commissioned Sullivan to build himself and Sullivan adjacent summer cottages in Mississippi. The Sullivan cottage was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, but the Charnley cottage survived, albeit with severe damage, requiring extensive reconstruction. The Charnley-Persky House is one of a few surviving resid

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