Pettit Memorial Chapel in Belvidere (1907). It is the only structure for a cemetery that Frank Lloyd Wright ever designed. It was commissioned by Emma Pettit in honor of her late husband Dr. William H. Pettit. Pettit had the largest private medical practice in northern Iowa. Emma was introduced to Wright through her brother, William A. Glasner, who had recently had Wright design his home in Glencoe.‹›
Pettit Memorial Chapel

Frank Lloyd Wright

Exterior · Belvidere, United States · 1907

Photo: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois · 2012-08-29 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 3588×1935

Pettit Memorial Chapel in Belvidere (1907). It is the only structure for a cemetery that Frank Lloyd Wright ever designed. It was commissioned by Emma Pettit in honor of her late husband Dr. William H. Pettit. Pettit had the largest private medical practice in northern Iowa. Emma was introduced to Wright through her brother, William A. Glasner, who had recently had Wright design his home in Glencoe.

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