The Emery House in Elmhurst, 281 S Arlington, was designed by Walter Burley Griffin for his friend and high school classmate, William H. Emery Jr. At the time the home was built in 1903 Griffin worked for Frank Lloyd Wright, and Wright’s influence is evident throughout this Prairie Style home. Griffin went on, of course, ...
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The final segment of my Beverly and Morgan Park drive-around features the homes of Griffin Place (formerly 103rd Place), site of the largest concentration of small Prairie-style houses in Chicago. Many of the homes on this street were designed by Walter Burley Griffin, who worked in Frank Lloyd Wright’s studio as a young architect and ...
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