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Elizabeth Murphy House

Architect
Frank Lloyd Wright
Place
Shorewood, Wisconsin, United States
Construction
1917
Design / archive date
1915
Catalogue reference
FLWFA 1506 / S.203.5
Elizabeth Murphy House — photograph 1
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Elizabeth Murphy House - an American System-Built Home, Model A2013, by Frank Lloyd Wright

Elizabeth Murphy House — photograph 2
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Elizabeth Murphy House in 2019

Elizabeth Murphy House — photograph 3
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Art glass windows separate the living room and sleeping porch in the Elizabeth Murphy House

Architecture & history

The Elizabeth Murphy House is an American System-Built Home (ASBH), Model A203, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and located in the Village of Shorewood near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The house takes its name from Elizabeth Murphy, a resident of Shorewood and wife of loan broker Lawrence Murphy, who purchased a lot as an investment on which to build the house speculatively. It was built in 1917 and is a private residence.

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