308 Oak Park Avenue Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60302 City: Oak Park, Illinois
A lot of architectural goodness in a small package. The home at 308 North Oak Park Avenue is simple in design, but still very pleasing to the eye. Judicious use of contrasting paint colors has highl...read more >>
Arthur B. Heurtley House Designed by: Frank Lloyd Wright Construction Completed: 1902 Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60302 City: Oak Park, Illinois
With its long, low lines, squat roof, and bunker-like entry, this is undeniably a Frank Lloyd Wright home. Elegance is achieved through simplicity, and the second-story line of art glass windows mirr...read more >>
First United Church of Oak Park Designed by: Holmes and Flinn Construction Completed: 1917 Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60301 City: Oak Park, Illinois
The little church on the prairie all grown up. This is a nice basic Midwestern church with bell tower and sanctuary both featuring natural rock. The structure sports several minor buttresses, but it...read more >>
First United Methodist Chuch of Oak Park Designed by: Tallmadge and Watson Construction Completed: 1923 Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60302 City: Oak Park, Illinois
A somewhat more imposing structure than others in the neighborhood, the First United Methodist Church has the feel of some of the Gothic cathedrals of France, while remaining on a scale that is still ...read more >>
Forsyth Building Designed by: Holabird & Root Construction Completed: 1929 Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60301 City: Oak Park, Illinois
A nice basic office building evocative of the era in which is was erected. Simple lines throughout with a minimum of ornamentation except for some minor relief work and cut-off corners. By keeping t...read more >>
Francis J. Wooley House Designed by: Frank Lloyd Wright Construction Completed: 1893 Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60302 City: Oak Park, Illinois
The Francis J. Wooley House is another Frank Lloyd Wright project, but it lacks the majesty and intensity that is the signature of his other designs. The octagon turret is here, but doesn’t end in a ...read more >>
Frank Lloyd Wright Monument Designed by: Egon Weiner Construction Completed: 1981 Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60302 City: Oak Park, Illinois
A lot and rock and not a lot of head. This sculpture by Egon Weiner was meant to celebrate Frank Lloyd Wright’s contributions to Oak Park. But the effects of weathering make it kind of scary looking...read more >>
Gordon Ripley House Construction Completed: 1885 Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60302 City: Oak Park, Illinois
A cute little home that appears to have been very well cared for. The woodwork is unusually ornate, and highlighted by an exuberant painting scheme....read more >>
Grace Episcopal Church Designed by: John Sutcliffe Construction Completed: 1905 Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60301 City: Oak Park, Illinois
Self-described as an “English Gothic Revival” building, Grace Episcopal Church is one of the outstanding architectural assets of Oak Park. The building’s soaring arches are filled with a intricate de...read more >>
Hemingway Museum Designed by: W. Pagels Construction Completed: 1914 Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60302 City: Oak Park, Illinois
It is mildly intriguing that a rough-and-tumble personality like Ernest Hemingway would have a museum so grand, glorious, and stately. But two things must be taken into account. 1: This is Oak Park, ...read more >>
Hills-DeCario House Designed by: Frank Lloyd Wright Construction Completed: 1906 Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60302 City: Oak Park, Illinois
Frank Lloyd Wright in all his glory, but something’s not quite right here. It feels a little like one of those stucco McMansions you see in the American South. The problem is that the Hills-DeCaro H...read more >>
John Blair House Construction Completed: 1866 Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60302 City: Oak Park, Illinois
It only makes sense for one of the nation’s greatest architects to live next door to one of the country’s most celebrated landscapers. John Blair actually owned the land upon which the Frank Lloyd Wr...read more >>
Lake Theater, The Designed by: Thomas Lamb Construction Completed: 1936 Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60301 City: Oak Park, Illinois
The Lake Theater is a throwback to the days when going to the movie theater was a special occasion, not just a way to kill time. The people of Oak Park are lucky to have such a cinematic masterpiece ...read more >>
Moore-Dugal Residence Designed by: Frank Lloyd Wright Construction Completed: 1895 Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60302 City: Oak Park, Illinois
Even people who don't care for Frank Lloyd Wright's designs must marvel at the exquisite notions that translated into the Moore-Dugal house. Though located in a suburb on the Illinois prairi...read more >>
Mrs. Thomas Gale House Designed by: Frank Lloyd Wright Construction Completed: 1909 Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60302 City: Oak Park, Illinois
On a private drive in a private community it only makes sense to use one of Frank Lloyd Wright's more private designs. Wright had a thing for horizontal walls. Sometimes they are used to evoke ...read more >>
N.D. Crosby House Designed by: E.E. Roberts Construction Completed: 1897 Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60302 City: Oak Park, Illinois
A home by Oak Park's "other" major architect, E.E. Roberts. In this case, his craft is expressed as a modest home reminiscent of those in his native New England....read more >>
Peter A. Beachy House Designed by: Frank Lloyd Wright Construction Completed: 1906 Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60302 City: Oak Park, Illinois
An O.K. Wright design, but not his greatest work. You can't entirely blame the architect, though. This is a remodeling job of a cottage that was once on this property. Still, Wright certainly ...read more >>
Robert P. Parker House Designed by: Frank Lloyd Wright Construction Completed: 1892 Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60302 City: Oak Park, Illinois
Although this home was designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, it lacks the overall signature style that lets the casual viewer know it is a Wright design. That is probably a good thing consi...read more >>
Saint Edmund Catholic Parish Designed by: Henry J. Schlacks Construction Completed: 1909 Area: Oak Park Post Code: 60302 City: Oak Park, Illinois
A proper asymmetrical gothic church appropriate for the first Catholic church in the city. Unlike the other churches in town, the bell tower is on the right, on the corner of its lot. Its steeple is...read more >>
