Oscar B. Balch House
- Location
- Oak Park, United States
- Typology
- House
- Materials
- Timber
- Context
- Prairie School, Organic Architecture
- Map
- Open location
The Oscar B. Balch House is a home at 611 N. Kenilworth Avenue in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The Prairie style Balch House was designed by famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1911. The home was the first house Wright designed after returning from a trip to Europe with a client's wife. The subsequent social exile cost the architect friends, clients, and his family. The house is one of the first Wright houses to employ a flat roof which gives the home a horizontal linearity. Historian Thomas O'Gorman noted that the home may provide a glimpse into the subconscious mind of Wright. The Balch house is listed as a contributing property to the Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture Historic District, a U.S. federally Registered Historic District.
