Allen–Lambe House
Henry J. Allen House | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
The house in late 2013 | |
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Location | 255 N. Roosevelt St., Wichita, Kansas |
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Coordinates | 37°41′24″N 97°17′33″W / 37.69000°N 97.29250°WCoordinates: 37°41′24″N 97°17′33″W / 37.69000°N 97.29250°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1917 |
Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
Architectural style | Prairie School |
NRHP reference No. | 73000775[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 7, 1973 |
The Allen House (also known as the Henry J. Allen House and the Allen–Lambe House) is a Prairie Style home in Wichita, Kansas, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1915 for former Kansas Governor Henry Justin Allen and his wife, Elsie.[2]
Description and history[]
It was one of Frank Lloyd Wright's last Prairie Houses.[2][3] The design influence of the prairie and Japanese architecture (Wright was working on the Imperial Hotel in Japan at the time) is apparent on both the exterior and interior.
Also included in the forward-thinking house were such modern conveniences as a central vacuuming unit, an alarm system and gas fireplace logs.[4] Another innovation was the first firewall in a residential home. The bricks contain iron, giving it a rust color.[2]
It is currently run by the Allen House Foundation as a museum under the stewardship of the Wichita Center for the Arts. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1973.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c Bleiberg, Larry (June 7, 2015). "10 Great: Frand Lloyd Wright Homes". USA Today.
- ^ "FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S ALLEN HOUSE". Allen House Foundation. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ Keck, Gayle (27 August 2006). "What's Wright About Wichita". the Washington Post. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.205)
External links[]
Media related to Allen–Lambe House at Wikimedia Commons
- Houses completed in 1917
- Frank Lloyd Wright buildings
- Historic house museums in Kansas
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas
- Museums in Wichita, Kansas
- Prairie School architecture in Kansas
- Houses in Sedgwick County, Kansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Wichita, Kansas
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