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JAMES CHARNLEY RESIDENCE (1891) (S.009) James Charnley was a wealthy lumberman who was a personal friend of Louis Sullivan. Frank Lloyd Wright was the chief draftsman at the time for the architectural firm of Adler and Sullivan. The 16-room home at 1365 N Astor, has six bedrooms, four baths, and six wood burning fireplaces. Date: 1892 Title: American Architect and Building News - December 31, 1892
Author: Ticknor & Co.
Description: House of James Charnley, Esq., Astor Street, Chicago, Ill. Helio-Chrome (A naturally colored photograph.) (Sweeney 12)
Size:
Pages: Plate No. 888
S#: 0012.00.0504
Date: Circa 1900 Title: James Charnley Residence (1890 - S.009) Circa 1900.
Description: Viewed from the Northwest during the winter. The 16-room home included six bedrooms, four baths, and six wood burning fireplaces. James Charnley was a wealthy lumberman who was a personal friend of Louis Sullivan. Frank Lloyd Wright was the chief draftsman at the time for the architectural firm of Adler and Sullivan. Acquired from the Library of Congress.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W Print.
S#: 0041.05.1011
Date: 1940 Title: James Charnley Residence (1890 - S.009) 1940.
Description: View from the Northwest. Clipping on verso: "This residence, located at 1365 Astor Street, in the heart of the Gold Coast, was jointly designed by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright more than 50 years ago. It is now owned and occupied by James B. Waller, member of a pioneer Chicago family, former alderman and civic leader. (By a staff photographer.) Stamped on verso: "Dec 6 1940".
Size: Original 10 x 8.25 B&W Print.
S#: 0531.28.1011
Date: 1963 Title: James Charnley Residence (1890 - S.009) 1963.
Description: Viewed from the Northwest. Photographed by Cervin Robinson during August 1963. Acquired from the Library of Congress.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W Print.
S#: 1565.26.1011
Date: 1963 Title: James Charnley Residence (1890 - S.009) 1963.
Description: The Entrance, front facade and Balcony detail viewed from the West. Photographed by Cervin Robinson during August 1963. Acquired from the Library of Congress.
Size: Original 8 x 10 B&W Print.
S#: 1565.27.1011
Date: 1963 Title: James Charnley Residence (1890 - S.009) 1963.
Description: Detail of the first floor fireplace mantel in the north room. Photographed by Cervin Robinson during August 1963. Acquired from the Library of Congress.
Size: Original 10 x 7 B&W Print.
S#: 1565.28.1011
Date: 1963 Title: James Charnley Residence (1890 - S.009) 1963.
Description: Detail of the Dining Room fireplace mantel. Photographed by Cervin Robinson during August 1963. Acquired from the Library of Congress.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W Print.
S#: 1565.29.1011
Date: 1963 Title: James Charnley Residence (1890 - S.009) 1963.
Description: Detail of the stairwell woodwork. Photographed by Cervin Robinson during August 1963. Acquired from the Library of Congress.
Size: Original 7.75 x 10 B&W Print.
S#: 1565.30.1011
Date: 1964 Title: James Charnley Residence (1890 - S.009) 1964.
Description: Viewed from the West. Photographed by Harold Allen during April 1964. Acquired from the Library of Congress.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W Print.
S#: 1596.22.1011
Date: 1972 Description: James Charnley Residence (1891 - S.009) 1972. Clipping on verso: "Charnley House: a landmark? At open hearing at City Hall before Chicago Commission on Historic and Architectural landmarks, architectural expert Robert Selby of the American Institute of Architects testified that Charnley House (above) at 1365 N. Astor should be designated a city landmark. The single-family residence was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1891 for a close friend of Louis Sullivan, Lumber magnate James Charnley." Stamped on verso: "Chicago Sun-Times, May 26, 1972." "Chicago Daily News, Jun 7, 1972." "Photo by Chicago Historical and Architectural Landmarks, 320 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60610." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun Times and Chicago Daily News.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W Print.
S#: 1909.07.0310
Date: 1976 Title: James Charnley Proposed Condos 1976 (1890 - S.009).
Description: Clipping on verso: "Mondo condo: It’s not Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright, thou shouldn’t be living at this hour. You shouldn’t let them do what they’re planning to do to your Charnley House. Yes, the Charnley House at 1365 N. Astor, that veritable emblem of modern architecture, is due for ‘renovations.’ It is to be remodeled into Gold Coast condominium apartments after 84 years as a family residence -- and with the approval of Chicago’s city landmarks commissioners, at that. We can imagine Wright’s outrage if he still were alive. He gave up humility at an early age, and his angry outcries stopped the proposed razing of his most famous Chicago house, the Robie House at 5757 S. Woodlawn. Stamped on verso: "Jun 23 76." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Daily News.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W Print.
S#: 2020.08.0811
Date: 1983 Photographer: Gene Pesek
Description: James Charnley Dining Room Fireplace (1891 - S.009). Caption of verso: "The fireplace in the Sharnley House dining room. (Sun-Times Photo by Gene Pesek)." Label on verso: "Photographer: Gene Pesek. Date: 3/11/83. Location: 1365 No Astor Street. Reporter: Judy Moore. Frank Lloyd Wright designed Charnley House on Astor St. is up for sale. It is in the process of being restored. Views of the interior include fireplaces in the dining room, the main entry hall, center atrium hall from 3rd to 1st floor, close up of dining room fixture, enclosed from porch, exteriors are of owner in front, full pix of the building and copper cornices along the roof." Clipping on verso: "Charnley House... is looking better than ever after since its recent restoration. The 16-room landmark home at 1365 N Astor, with its six bedrooms, four baths, and six wood burning fireplaces, was built in 1892 for James Charnley, a wealthy lumberman who was a personal friend of Sullivan. Wright at the time was the chief draftsman at the architectural firm of Adler and Sullivan... Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun Times.
Size: Original 8 x 10 B&W Print.
ST#: 1983.21.0310
Date: 1988 Title: James Charnley Balcony (1891 - S.009)
Description: Detail of exterior balcony. Printed on verso: "Date: 10/07/88. Location: 1365 North Astor / Charnley House. Photographer: Fila/Studio. Description: Exteriors / Louis Sullivan & F.L. Wright Manson." Clipping on verso: "The Charnley House, an 1891 townhouse designed by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright is soon to be open for public tours." Stamped n clipping: "Oct 23 ‘88". Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W Photograph.
ST#: 1988.59.0112
CHICAGO Date: 2004 Title: Chicago Skyscrapers in vintage Postcards (Published by Arcadia Publishing, Charleston SC, Chicago IL, Portsmouth NH, San Francisco CA)
Author: Hudson, Leslie A.
Description: Includes vintage postcards with references to Wright. Original list price $19.99. (First Edition) Gift from Kathryn Smith.
Size: 6.5 x 9.25
Pages: Pp 128
ST#: 2004.60.0711
FRANCIS APARTMENTS (1985) (S.032) Date: 1895 Title: Francis Apartments
Description: Important Frank Lloyd Wright rendering; early presentation drawing for the Francis Apartments, 1895, demolished in 1971. Watercolor delineated for Wright by Paul Lautrup. Signed by Wright and Lautrup. The Francis Apartments were commissioned by the Terra Haute Trust Co. and built as middle-class housing on Chicago's south side. The only other known drawing linking Wright and Lautrup is the presentation drawing for the William Winslow House, 1893. That drawing is in the collection of the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation in Oak Park, IL. This drawing was sold at auction on March 7, 2010, by Treadway / Toomey Gallery.
Size: 18" x 26"
Date: 2010 Title: 20th Century Art & Design, March 7, 2010, Treadway / Toomey (Published by Treadway / Toomey Gallery, Inc., Cincinnati, Oak Park)
Author: Treadway / Toomey Gallery, Inc.
Description: Item 308 "Important Frank Lloyd Wright rendering; early presentation drawing for the Frances Apartments, 1895, demolished in 1971. Watercolor delineated for Wright by Paul Lautrup. Sighed by Wright and Lautrup. The Francis Apartments were commissioned by the Terra Haute Trust Co. and built as middle-class housing on Chicago’s south side. Sixteen Wright items on pages: Cover, 47-49, 51. Original list price $35.00. (First Edition)
Size: Soft Cover 8.5 x 11.
Pages: Pp 200
ST#: 2010.02.0310
In 1895 Wright installed a carved stone plaque outside his Oak Park office which included his logo, a Celtic cross within a circle, within a square. He worked it into the top of the entrance gates in the Francis Apartments (S.032), and was also used on his Letterhead. He added it to the bottom right-hand corner of the title page "The Eve of St. Agnes", and was added through-out "The House Beautiful". Wright's Oak Park Plaque Francis Apartments Francis Apartment Gate Wright Letterhead
In 1895, Wright designed the Francis Apartments (S.032), overlapping geometric circles in a Sullivanesque pattern. Wright repeated this pattern along the base of the title page "The Eve of St. Agnes", framing his winged females within decorative foliated circles.
In 1910, Frank Lloyd Wright published the "Ausgeführte Bauten und Entwürfe von Frank Lloyd Wright" (Studies and Executed Buildings), published by Ernst Wasmuth A.-G., Berlin. A set of two portfolios, each set of two portfolios consisted of 100 separate plates (sheets). Printed in German. The complete set consisted of 72 plates numbered I through LXIV and included eight with a or b. 28 were tissue overlays and were attached to the corresponding plates. Detail of Plate V (5) "Francis Rental House, Chicago."
Detail of Plate V (5) "Francis Rental House, Chicago." Gate, Planter Box and decorative pieces above the entrance at the far end of the courtyard are visible.
Date: Circa 1900-1910 Description: Francis Apartments (Circa 1900-10). Francis Apartments, 4304 South Forestville Ave. Chicago, Illinois (1895 - S.032). Designed by Wright in 1895, for the Terre Haute Trust Company, Chicago. Demolished in 1971. Looking West on East 43rd Street, Forrestville Avenue is on the left.
Size: 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
S#: 0094.16.0711
Date: Circa 1925-1935 Description: Francis Apartments (Circa 1925-35). Francis Apartments, Chicago (1895 - S.032). Designed by Wright in 1895, for the Terre Haute Trust Company, Chicago. Demolished in 1971. Photographed from the Northeast, attributed to Gilman Lane. Large sign in first floor corner window, "Hydrox Ice Cream, Candy, Cigars."
Size: 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
S#: 0171.09.0711
Detail of photograph on the left. Description: Francis Apartments (Circa 1925-35). Francis Apartments, Chicago (1895 - S.032). Designed by Wright in 1895, for the Terre Haute Trust Company, Chicago. Demolished in 1971. Photograph of the entrance courtyard, attributed to Gilman Lane. Decorative pieces atop the entryway at the rear of the courtyard are visible, and show the consistency in design with the top of the Gate. (See detail on right.) The only sections of the Gate that remain are the stationary pieces. Planter is visible, but unattended.
Size: 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
S#: 0171.10.0711
Date: 1965 Description: Francis Apartments (1965). Francis Apartments, Chicago (1895 - S.032). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1895, for the Terre Haute Trust Company, Chicago. Francis Apartments would be demolished in just six short years, 1971. Photographed from the Northeast by Harold Allen, June 17, 1965. HABS Ill,16-Chig,74-4.
Size: 8 x 10 B&W photograph
S#: 1628.16.0711
Detail of photograph on the left.
Description: Francis Apartments (1965). Francis Apartments, Chicago (1895 - S.032). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1895, for the Terre Haute Trust Company, Chicago. Francis Apartments would be demolished in just six short years, 1971. Photographed from the East by Harold Allen, June 17, 1965. HABS Ill,16-Chig,74-5. Decorative pieces atop the entryway at the rear of the courtyard have been removed. (See detail on right.) The only sections of the Gate that remain are the stationary pieces. Planter has been removed and filled in.
Size: 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
S#: 1628.17.0711
Date: 1965 Description: Francis Apartments (1965). Francis Apartments, Chicago (1895 - S.032). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1895, for the Terre Haute Trust Company, Chicago. Francis Apartments would be demolished in just six short years, 1971. Detail of iron grille and geometric patterned terra-cotta facing on the South side, looking Northeast. Photograph by Harold Allen, June 17, 1965. HABS Ill,16-Chig,74-1. The only sections of the Gate that remain are the stationary pieces.
Size: 8 x 10 B&W photograph
S#: 1628.18.0711
Detail of photograph on the left.
Description: Francis Apartments (1965). Francis Apartments, Chicago (1895 - S.032). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1895, for the Terre Haute Trust Company, Chicago. Francis Apartments would be demolished in just six short years, 1971. Photograph of entryway on the Northwest corner of the courtyard by Harold Allen, June 17, 1965. HABS Ill,16-Chig,74-2. Decorative pieces atop the entryway have been removed.
Size: 8 x 10 B&W photograph
S#: 1628.19.0711
Date: 1965 Description: Francis Apartments (1965). Francis Apartments, Chicago (1895 - S.032). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1895, for the Terre Haute Trust Company, Chicago. Francis Apartments would be demolished in just six short years, 1971. Detail of the geometric patterned terra-cotta facing. Photographed by Harold Allen, June 17, 1965. HABS Ill,16-Chig,74-3.
Size: 8 x 10 B&W photograph
S#: 1628.20.0711
Description: Francis Apartments (1965). Francis Apartments, Chicago (1895 - S.032). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1895, for the Terre Haute Trust Company, Chicago. Demolished in 1971. Detail of the terra-cotta ornament bordering the entrance portal of the Francis Apartments, top and sides. Description: Francis Apartments (1965). Francis Apartments, Chicago (1895 - S.032). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1895, for the Terre Haute Trust Company, Chicago. Demolished in 1971. Entrance Gate to the Francis Apartments, on display at The Art Institute of Chicago. Description: Francis Apartments (1965). Francis Apartments, Chicago (1895 - S.032). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1895, for the Terre Haute Trust Company, Chicago. Demolished in 1971. Cast Iron Circular Grille from the Francis Apartments, on display at The Art Institute of Chicago.
FRANCISCO TERRACE APARTMENTS (1895) (S.030) Date: 1959 Description: Francisco Terrace Apartments (1895 - S.030) 1959. Caption on verso: "The Sullivan influence is seen again in the arch of court building at 253 N. Francisco. This is one of the Wright structures that shows signs of neglect." Stamped "Apr 13, 1959". Label on verso: "Chicago Sun-Times. Date: 4/10/59. Photographer: Larson. Title: Wright Homes... Location: 253 N. Francisco. Caption: Building at 253 N. Francisco designed by Frank Lloyd Wright." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun Times.
Size: Original 7.5 x 10 B&W Print.
S#: 1377.37.0310
Date: 1971 Photographer: Steve Perraud
Description: Francisco Terrace Apartments Courtyard (1895 - S.030) 1971. Clipping on verso: "(Caption) The two-story building at 237 N. Francisco was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1895 for low-income families. The building now faces demolition. Photo by Steve Perraud. W. Siders out to save rare Wright Building. By Dennis Byrne. Tenants and owners of a West Side co-operative are fighting to save their home - a rare Frank Lloyd Wright apartment building - from the wrecking ball... ¶ Each of the 46 units has its own exterior entrance facing a once handsomely landscaped interior courtyard. There are no hallways to heat or to provide hiding places for thugs. ¶ The typical Chicago flat in 1895 when Wright designed the building was cramped, and often light and fresh air failed to reach many of the units. ¶ Wright meant his building to be a prototype for better living condition for the poor... ¶ In 1930, the building was converted into a co-operative project... ¶ Almost half of the units are vacant, and about six have been gutted by fires... ¶ Faced with possible court action condemning the building, the residences sought help from Michael Brown, an attorney... ¶ Architects estimate renovation costs would be from $11,000 to $15,000 for each dwelling unit..." Stamped on verso: "Chicago Daily News. Dec 9, 1971." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Daily News.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W Print.
S#: 1867.04.0310
Date: 1972 Description: Francisco Terrace Apartments Courtyard, Chicago (1895 - S.030) 1972. Clipping on verso: "Hoping to save their historic building from a demolition order, residents of Frank Lloyd Wright Francisco Terrace Apartments began boarding up vacant flats Saturday. Wright designed the building in 1895 as one of the first ‘projects’ for low-income families, and the complex at 237 N. Francisco was converted to a co-operative in 1930. It is believed Wright’s last apartment building in Chicago. It faces condemnation unless boarding-up is completed and a renovation plan is approved in Housing Court. (Sun-Times Photo by Larry Graff). (Caption) Each of the building’s 46 apartments opens on the central courtyard, a startling innovation in 1895. Tenants hope the building can be cleaned up and renovated." Stamped on verso: "Chicago Sun-Times. Feb 20, 1972." From the archives of the Chicago Sun Times.
Size: 8 x 6 Print, High res image
S#: 1909.08.0410
Date: 1972 Photographer: Larry Graff
Description: Francisco Terrace Apartments Window Detail, Chicago (1895 - S.030) 1972. Clipping on verso: "Tenants Help battle to save Francisco ‘project’. Hoping to save their historic building from a demolition order, residents of Frank Lloyd Wright Francisco Terrace Apartments began boarding up vacant flats Saturday. Wright designed the building in 1895 as one of the first ‘projects’ for low-income families, and the complex at 237 N. Francisco was converted to a co-operative in 1930. It is believed Wright’s last apartment building in Chicago. It faces condemnation unless boarding-up is completed and a renovation plan is approved in Housing Court. (Sun-Times Photo by Larry Graff)." Stamped on verso: "Chicago Sun-Times. Feb 20, 1972." From the archives of the Chicago Sun Times.
Size: 8 x 6 Print, High res image
S#: 1909.09.0410
ISADORE HELLER RESIDENCE (1896) (S.038) Date: 1960 Description: Isadore Heller Residence, Chicago (1896 - S.038) 1960. View of the front of the home. Caption on verso: "I. Heller House, 1897, 5132 Woodlawn, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Imaginative articulation of space and surface treatment, and linear trim all expressive of home, sheltering and exciting at once." Stamped on verso: "Feb 8, 1960". The same year Wright designed the Heller Residence, he designed the title page for "The Eve of St. Agnes". Wright adapted the winged female figures of the Heller House Frieze, into his design for the title page. See our Wright Study on for more information. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune.
Size: Original 8 x 10 B&W silver gelatin photograph.
S#: 1458.36.1211
EDWARD C. WALLER APARTMENTS (1895) (S.031) Date: 1959 Description: Edward C. Waller Apartments (1895 S.031) looking East (1959). Edward C. Waller was an important early Wright patron. He lived in River Forest near Wright's William Winslow house. Waller sold Winslow the property upon which his home was built. Waller commissioned several projects to be designed by Wright: the Francisco Terrace Apartments 1895 (S.030) (since demolished); the Waller Apartments 1895 (S.031); the remodeling of his home in River Forest 1899 (S.047); the Edward C. Waller Gates (S.065) and Stables (S.066) 1901; and the Edward C. Waller Bathing Pavilion 1909 (S.166). Waller's son Edward C. Jr. commissioned Midway Gardens 1913 (S.180). The Waller Apartments consisted of five units. Unit #1 on the East end (right) #5 in the foreground at the West end (left). Unit #4 was demolished in 1968 after a fire gutted the unit. The Francisco Terrace Apartments (S.030) were directly behind these units.
Size: Original 4 x 5 B&W negative and 8 x 10 Print.
S#: 1377.43.0810
Date: 1993 Photographer: Brian Jackson
Description: Edward C. Waller Apartments (1895 S.031) (1993). Edward C. Waller was an important early Wright patron. He lived in River Forest near Wright's William Winslow house. Waller sold Winslow the property upon which his home was built. Waller commissioned several projects to be designed by Wright: the Francisco Terrace Apartments 1895 (S.030) (since demolished); the Waller Apartment 1895 (S.031); the remodeling of his home in River Forest 1899 (S.047); the Edward C. Waller Gates (S.065) and Stables (S.066) 1901; and the Edward C. Waller Bathing Pavilion 1909 (S.166). Waller's son Edward C. Jr. commissioned Midway Gardens 1913 (S.180). The Waller Apartments consisted of five units (numbered right to left). Unit #1 on the East end (right) and #5 to the West end (left). Unit #4 (second from left) was demolished in 1968 after a fire gutted the unit. Center entrance is possibly unit #2. The Francisco Terrace Apartments (S.030) were directly behind these units. Clipping pasted to verso: "The two abandoned properties at 2844 and 2848 W. Walnut were slated by the city to be torn down and would have been had a red light not gone off. The row housed in a small corner of East Garfield Park were designed by 1895 by Frank Lloyd Wright, then a 26-year-old, little known architect. Devereux Bowly Jr. wrote in his book The Poorhouse that the two along with six other row houses still standing, are part of Francisco Terrace, ‘the first subsidized housing in Chicago... Classic in the history of low income housing. I like to tell people I bought two Frank Lloyd Wright buildings for $1 apiece.’ said Vince Michaels of the landmark Preservation Council, which bought them under the Chicago Abandoned Property Program and is rehabbing them to sell to low income families for $70,000 to $80,000 each." Caption on verso: "Abandoned row houses at 2844 and 2848 W. Walnut were slated for demolition until it was learned that they were designed in 1895 by Frank Lloyd Wright." Label on verso: "Chicago Sun-Times. Photographed by Brian Jackson." Stamped on verso: "Oct 25 1993". Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Sun-Times.
Size: Original 9.6 x 6.5 Print
ST#: 1993.65.0311
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