History
Oak Park, Illinois was first settled in 1835 and incorporated as a village in 1901. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright came there in 1889 and designed his home which was built in 1889, in 1897 he added the studio along Chicago Avenue. Wright brought international attention to the village, designing 25 structures there in all; most of them within the historic district. The Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture Historic District provides a look at a cross section of Wright's work which spans several decades over his career. Some of his earliest works are within the district, leading up to buildings he designed during his "first mature period." In 1972 the village of Oak Park created and designated the Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture Historic District as a local historic district under its municipal laws. In December 1973 it was added as a federal historic district on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
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