Robie, Frederick C., House
House in Chicago, Illinois. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Frederick C. Robie House is a historic house museum on the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the Prairie style, it was completed in 1910. The house was built for the manufacturing executive Frederick Carlton Robie and his family. George Mann Niedecken oversaw the interior design, while associate architects Hermann von Holst and Marion Mahony also assisted with the design. The Robie House, described as one of Wright's best Prairie style buildings, was one of the last structures he designed at his studio in Oak Park, Illinois.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL |
| County | Cook County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000316 |
| Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Type of place | single-family detached home |
| Style | Prairie School architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, Tentative World Heritage Site, Chicago Landmark, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL |
| Coordinates | 41.78983, -87.59589 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Pullman National Historical Park · 7 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | West Beach Picnic Shelters 23 mi · Chellberg Farm Picnic Shelters 29 mi · Dunbar Group Site 32 mi |
Explore
Drawings & photographs
Measured drawings and photographs from the Library of Congress. Public domain. All 35 records ↗
Map
Nearby in Cook County
Reference
Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000316. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA. Drawings and photographs are Historic American Buildings Survey records at the Library of Congress, public domain.