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Willits House

The Ward W. Willits House is a building designed by famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Designed in 1901 the Willits house is considered the first of the great Prairie houses. Built in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, the house presents a symmetrical facade to the street, the plan is a cruciform with four wings that extend out from a central hearth. In addition to art glass windows and wooden screens that divide rooms, Wright also designed most of the furniture in the house.

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