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Built in phases between 1911 and 1959, this Prairie and Organic Modern-style house and office were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright to serve as his family residence and studio, with two fires leading to substantial reconstruction of the house in 1914 and 1925. The house, which is named “Taliesin”, Welsh for “Shining Brow” or “Radiant Brow”, referring to the hill upon which it is situated, is a long and rambling structure with multiple sections built at different times, with the building serving as a living laboratory for Wright’s organic design philosophy, as well as growing with Wright’s family, wealth, and business. The house sits on a hill surrounded by fields, but is notably located below the top of the hill, which Wright saw as being such a significant feature of the landscape that it should remain untouched by the house’s presence. The house’s westernmost wings served as the home of livestock and farm equipment, as well as a garage, later becoming housing for the Taliesin Fellowship, where aspiring architects apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright. The central wing served as the Frank Lloyd Wright studio, where Wright and his apprentices and employees worked on projects for clients, as well as where Wright often met with clients. The eastern wing served as the Wright family’s residence, and was rebuilt twice, in 1914 and 1925, after being destroyed by fire, and is overall the newest section of the complex, though some portions of the west and central wings were added after the main phase of construction of the residence was complete.
The house is clad in stucco with a wooden shingle hipped and gabled roof, with stone cladding at the base and on piers that often flank window openings, large casement windows, clerestory windows, outdoor terraces and balconies, stone chimneys, and glass french doors, all of which connect the interior of the building to the surrounding landscape. The interior of the buildings feature vaulted ceilings in common areas, stone floors, stone and plaster walls, decorative woodwork, custom-built furniture, and multiple decorative objects collected by Wright during his life. The exterior of the house has a few areas distinctive from the rest of the structure, with a cantilevered balcony extending off the east facade drawing the eye towards the surrounding landscape from the living room of the residence, next to a large set of glass doors that enclose the living room and adjacent bedroom from a shallower cantilevered terrace, while to the west of the residence, and south of the central wing, is a landscaped garden, which rests just below the crest of the hill.
The building was the full-time home of Wright from 1911 until 1937, when Wright began to spend his winters at Taliesin West in Phoenix, Arizona, due to the effects of the Wisconsin winters on his health. For the rest of Wright’s life, the house was the summer home of Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship, and following his death, the house was deeded to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, which operated and maintained the house as a museum and the home of multiple programs until 1990. Since 1990, the house has been under the stewardship of the nonprofit Taliesin Preservation Inc., which operates the house in conjunction with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. The building is a contributing structure in the Taliesin Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976. Taliesin was one of eight Frank Lloyd Wright buildings listed as The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2019. Today, Taliesin is utilized as a museum, offering tours and interpretation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s life and work.
The service on the charter company was wonderful --probably partly because the crew are all unionized. Taken on the LA Labor Council trip to Wisconsin in support of the unions there.
Juneau County. Photo by J Gallagher, May 2005.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) collection.
Built in 1953-1969, this Organic Modern building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin Associated Architects to serve as the Riverview Terrace Restaurant, an eatery that overlooks the Wisconsin River in Spring Green. The building is heavily integrated into the surrounding landscape, reflecting Wright’s organic design philosophy. The building is clad in rough-hewn stone and stucco, with a gabled roof, a hexagonal tower overlooking the main entrance, a cantilevered canopy on stone piers at the main entrance, exposed roof beams and stone fireplaces inside the building, a cantilevered section of the main floor that stretches between two sections of basement, and long ribbon windows with wide overhanging eaves that overlook the nearby Wisconsin River. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024. Since 1994, the building has served as the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center, and is the location from which tours of nearby Taliesin and the Hillside Home School complex begin, along with housing a gift shop, offices, and a cafe.
Insignia of some of the unions represented on the trip.
Taken on the LA Labor Council trip to Wisconsin in support of the unions there.
Built in 1892-1894, this Romanesque Revival-style building was designed by Allan Conover and Lew Porter to serve as an armory and gymnasium for the University of Wisconsin. The building is clad in red brick with a red medina sandstone base, arched bays, cylindrical towers with crenellated parapets, stepped gables, brick corbeling, and clerestory windows on the side of the building’s gabled roof. The building is a contributing structure in the Bascom Hill Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and was listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993. The building today houses various university departments.
Built in 1955-1957, this Modern International Style seven-story building was designed by Holabird, Root and Burgee and Law, Law, Porter and Nystrom to serve both as Madison City Hall and the Dane County Courthouse. The building was later expanded with a rooftop addition on the rear wing, though offices of both the City of Madison and Dane County have moved to the newer Madison Municipal Building and Dane County Courthouse located on adjacent blocks to the north and south of the building. The building is clad in limestone with ribbon windows interrupted at regular gridded intervals by columns clad in limestone, a low-slope roof enclosed by a parapet, dark polished stone cladding on the one-story front wing along Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, which features limestone cladding at the edges of the roof, a second story projected bay that cantilevers over the front entrance and is clad in limestone with vertical baffles between narrow and tall windows, aluminum entrance doors with large transoms and sidelights, aluminum modernist lettering mounted on the facade, and an original three-story rear wing clad in limestone panels with gridded fenestration and a setback third floor, with the addition being differentiated from the original building through its use of larger concrete panel cladding and smaller windows on the upper floors. The building continues to house some functions and offices of the City of Madison and Dane County government, and is an excellent example of a modernist city-county building, complimenting its older neighbors in scale and materiality.
A family enjoying the sun and view of Lake Michigan on the marina breakwater. - Port Washington, Wisconsin