Frank Lloyd Wright

Wright Studies

Frank L. Smith Bank, Dwight, Illinois (1905) (S.111)

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ILLINOIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION AGENCY
Springfield, Illinois

FIRST NATIONAL BANK, DWIGHT, ILLINOIS
Designed by: Frank Lloyd Wright Built: 1906
Drawn By MWG, Date 3/07

The First National Bank, Dwight, Illinois
The First National Bank in Dwight was designed in 1906 by famous Prairie-Style architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The Prairie Style horizontal massing of the bank was reinforced by the rustic Bedford limestone blocks and the deeply recessed horizontal windows. When the bank was modernized after the Second World War some of the Wright detailing was covered or removed on the interior. In the 1960’s the bank chose to restore the building back to the Wright era and detailing.

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