A. W. Gridley House

Title

A. W. Gridley House

Publisher

Lawrence Technological University

Date Created

January 9, 2015

Alternative Title or Name

Ravine Place

Creator

Wright, Frank Lloyd

Creator2

O’Connor, Thomas (photograph)

Creator Nationality

American

Work Type

Single Built Works

Date

July, 1965

Work Location

Illinois (state)
Batavia (inhabited place)

Style/Period

Prairie School

Subject

houses
interior views
lamps (lighting devices)
sculpture (visual work)

Description

Interior view of lamp and windmill sculpture at the A.W. Gridley house in Batavia, Illinois, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and build in 1906. "With a low-pitch hip roof, pro­ject­ing eaves, un­in­ter­rupted cedar trim and case­ment win­dows, the four­teen room stucco and cy­press house is an ex­cel­lent ex­am­ple of Wright's Prairie School style. The house fea­tures in­clude three Roman brick fire­places, el­e­gant wood­work & built-ins … White oak hard­wood floors are used through­out the house. The walls and doors on the sec­ond story are pine, as are the floors of the servant's quar­ters. The floors of the kitchen and butler's pantry are maple, though they have pine doors. The in­te­rior plan is dom­i­nated with a large front hall run­ning north to south. The east sec­tion was the liv­ing room, dec­o­rated with a Roman brick fire­place, glass ter­race doors, side win­dows, and built-in oak book­cases. Door­ways on ei­ther side of the fire­place lead to the din­ing room and hall,"--archINFORM website.

Material/Medium

stucco
oak (wood)

Measurements

5,100 square feet

Reproduction Type

jpeg

ID Number

LTU-TO-177

Files

LTU-TO-177.jpg
Date Added
January 9, 2015
Collection
LTU Digital Images
Item Type
VRA Core
Tags
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Citation
“A. W. Gridley House,” LTU Digital Images, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/14191.