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Edith Farnsworth House Visitor Center (Kendall County, Illinois)

The Edith Farnsworth House is a property designed and constructed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between 1945 and 1951. The house was constructed as a one-room weekend retreat in a rural setting south of Plano, about 60 miles southwest of Chicago's downtown. The steel and glass house was commissioned by Edith Farnsworth.

 

Mies created a 1,500-square-foot structure that is widely recognized as an exemplar of International Style of architecture. The retreat was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006, after being listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The house is owned and operated as a house museum by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

 

Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farnsworth_House

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