Built work
Eugene A. Gilmore House (Airplane House)
- Architect
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Place
- Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- Construction
- 1908
- Design / archive date
- 1908
- Catalogue reference
- FLWFA 0806 / S.146
The Gilmore House (1908), located at 120 Ely Place in Madison, Wisconsin, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Called the "Airplane House," it illustrates the essence of the Prairie School of architecture. The strong feeling of horizontality is given by sweeping eaves; banded, leaded casement windows; horizontal wood trim; and site placement. Wright, the most outspoken of the Prairie architects, designed this house for a
The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Eugene A. Gilmore House in the University Heights Historic District in Madison, Wisconsin.
Architecture & history
The Eugene A. Gilmore House, also known as "Airplane" House, constructed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1908, is considered "a superb expression of Frank Lloyd Wright's mature Prairie style." The client, Eugene Allen Gilmore, served as a law professor at the nearby University of Wisconsin Law School. In 1973 the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
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