Frank Lloyd Wright

DANA-THOMAS RESIDENCE (S.072 - 1902)

ARTIFACTS BOOKS BROCHURES LIGHTING PHOTOGRAPHS POSTCARDS POSTERS TRADING CARDS


ARTIFACTS

	Date: 1902, 1990 Title: Dana House Roof Tile. Description: Original clay tile removed during the 1981 restoration, and silk screened with the Prairie Sumac window design. Illustration by R. Raymond, 1983. Silk screened in September 1990. #31 out of 275. Size: 6 x 14 ST#: 1990.45.0406

White outline on right indicates section of sample above.	Date: 1981 Title: Dana House Frieze. Description: Plaster of Paris section of exterior frieze created from original mold. Created during the 1981 restoration of the home. Size: 5.5 x 6.5 ST#: 1981.11.0406

BOOKS

	Date: 1970 Title: Bannerstone House: A Frank Lloyd Wright House Author: Tom R. Cavanaugh & Payne E.L. Thomas Description: Dana House. In 1944 Charles C. Thomas, a publisher purchased the Dana House with most of its original furnishings. He maintained the house and its contents as the headquarters of his publishing firm and renamed it Bannerstone House. Original SC List Price $3.75. (First Edition) (Sweeney 1805) Size: Pages: Pp 41 S#: 1805.00.0902

	Date: 1985 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright and Susan Lawrence Dana Author: Heyman, Mark; Taylor, Richard Description: Two Lectures given at The Town and the Prairie Conference, Springfield, Illinois, April 1984. (First Edition) Size: Pages: Pp 37 ST#: 1985.10.0504

	Date: 1988 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright and Folk Architecture Author: Wydick, Susan Description: Published by the Dana-Thomas House Foundation. Type is hand written and illustrated. (First Edition) Size: Pages: Pp 31 ST#: 1988.17.0404

	Date: 1989 Title: Dana-Thomas House. Springfield, Illinois. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. (Published by the Dana-Thomas House Foundation, made possible through funding from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.) Author: Dana-Thomas House Foundation Description: In 1981 the State of Illinois purchased the Dana-Thomas House from Charles C. Thomas Publishers. Includes a short biography on Susan Laurence Dana, sections on: The Significance of he Dana-Thomas House, Space in the Dana-Thomas House, Art Glass, Nature and the Architect, and ends with a short biography on Frank Lloyd Wright. Twenty-eight photographs and illustrations throughout. (First Edition) Size: 8.5 x 11 Pages: Pp 20 ST#: 1989.77.1011

	Date: 1994 Title: Great American Houses And Their Architectural Styles (Published by Abbeville Press, Publishers, New York, London, Paris) Author: McAlester, Virginia and Lee; Photography By McLean, Alex Description: Chapter 23: Dana Thomas House, Springfield, Illinois, Prairie Style. "Wright’s determination to open up the box is clearly evident in the Dan-Thomas House. Some fifteen different floor levels are found throughout the house. Balconies, elevated walkways, and overlooks are emphasized at every turn, creating many unusual and interlocking spaces." Includes 19 photographs, one floor plan and two illustrations. Drawings by Larry Boerder, Floor plan by Carol Boerder-Snyder. Pages 176, 179,190, 265, 294-307, 334. (Also includes chapter on Gamble House.) Original list price $60.00. (First Edition) Size: 10.25 x 10.25 Pages: Pp 348 ST#: 1994.57.1109

	Date: 1995 Title: Dana House - Frank Lloyd Wright (Stiff Soft Cover) Author: Heinz, Thomas Description: Original SC List Price $30.00. (First Edition) Size: Pages: Pp 80 ST#: 1995.01.1199

	Date: 1996 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Dana House (Soft Cover) Author: Hoffmann, Donald Description: Original SC List Price $14.95. (First Edition) Size: Pages: Pp 116 ST#: 1996.41.0904

	Date: December 10, 2002 Title: An Important Lamp by Frank Lloyd Wright for Susan Lawrence Dana House Tuesday 10, December 2002, Christie’s New York. (Hard Cover - DJ) (Published by Christie’s International Media Division, London) Author: Anonymous; Hanks, David A. Description: A hard cover auction catalog devoted to a single item, the double pedestal Susan Lawrence Dana lamp designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Estimated sale price $1,200,00-$1,800,000. Sale Price of lamp $1,800,000. (First Edition) Size: 8.5 x 10.75 Pages: Pp 63 ST#: 2002.55.0205

BROCHURES

	Date: 1984 Title: Dana-Thomas House State Historic Site. (Published by the Dana-Thomas House State Historic Site.) Description: Informational brochure for the Dana-Thomas House (S.072 - 1902). "Springfield’s Dana-Thomas House is the best preserved and most complete of Frank Lloyd Wright’s early ‘Prairie’ housed. The structure has changed little since it construction in 1902-04 for Springfield socialite and women’s activist Susan Lawrence Dana." Includes historic and tour information, two illustrations and five photographs. 100,000 printed. Gift from Kathryn Smith. Size: 3.75 x 9 Pages: Pp 8 ST#: 1984.37.0811

	Date: 1993 Title: Dana-Thomas House State Historic Site. (Published by the Illinois Department of Conservation.) Description: Informational brochure for the Dana-Thomas House (S.072 - 1902). "Springfield’s Dana-Thomas House is the best preserved and most complete of Frank Lloyd Wright’s early ‘Prairie’ housed. The structure has changed little since it construction in 1902-04 for Springfield socialite and women’s activist Susan Lawrence Dana." Includes historic and tour information, two illustrations and five photographs. 3.5 x 9.3 site schedule inserted. Gift from Kathryn Smith. Size: 3.75 x 9 Pages: Pp 8 ST#: 1993.66.0811

	Date: 1998 Title: Dana-Thomas House State Historic Site. (Published by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.) Description: Informational brochure for the Dana-Thomas House (S.072 - 1902). "Springfield’s Dana-Thomas House is the best preserved and most complete of Frank Lloyd Wright’s early ‘Prairie’ housed. The structure has changed little since it construction in 1902-04 for Springfield socialite and women’s activist Susan Lawrence Dana." Includes historic and tour information, two illustrations and five photographs. 200,000 printed. (Two copies.) One copy is a gift from Kathryn Smith. Size: 3.75 x 9 Pages: Pp 8 ST#: 1998.41.0305, 1998.65.0811

LIGHTING

	Date: Unknown Description: Dana Style Lamp Single Pedestal. Base manufactured by Dale Tiffany, #7581/327. The base is similar to a Dana Lamp, but that is it, only similar. Size: ST#: 1900.00.1000

	Date: Unknown Description: Dana Style Lamp Double Pedestal. Stained glass lamp by Dale Tiffany. Antique Verde Finish. #7582/328 Unknown date. Size: 27" W x 15" L x 26" H ST#: 1990.44.0306

MAPS

	Date: 1983 Title: Illinois State Map 1983, Dana-Thomas House. Description: Cover has Dana-Thomas House Illustration, Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Size: Pages: ST#: 1983.11.0303

PHOTOGRAPHS

	Date: 1983 Title: Dana-Thomas Residence Dining Room 1983 (1902 - S.072). Description: Caption on face: "12/24/83 - Springfield, Ill. This is the dining room of Frank Lloyd Wright - designed home which was built for Dana. The home was the site of many lavish parties. After Dana died, a publishing firm used the house for its offices. In 1981, the state bought the house for $1 million. The building, one of Wright’s ‘Prairie-style houses’, is open to the public. UPI." Stamped on verso: "Dec 28 1983". Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Tribune. Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. ST#: 1983.27.0911

	Date: 1983 Title: Dana-Thomas Residence Reception area 1983 (1902 - S.072). Description: Caption on face: "12/24/83 - Springfield, Ill. Seventy-nine years ago, Frank Lloyd Wright created a home for Springfield socialite Susan Lawrence Dana. Among the 35 rooms in the $60,000 house was a bowling alley. This view shows the reception area, which is two stories tall. UPI." Stamped on verso: "Dec 28 1983". Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Tribune. Size: Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. ST#: 1983.26.0811

	Date: 1987 Title: Dana-Thomas Residence (1902 - S.072) 1987. Description: View from street. Caption pasted to verso: "The Dana-Thomas House in Springfield, regarded by some art historians as one of the best preserved of Frank Lloyd Wright’s early ‘Prairie’ homes." Article pasted to verso: "Springfield – An 11^th-hour fund-raising campaign is under way to acquire at action next month a handful of key items from the original household of a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home here. With Gov. Thompson’s enthusiastic support, a private, nonprofit group has set out to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in hopes of returning the objects to the Dana-Thomas House, regarded by art historians as one of the best preserved and most complete of Wright’s early ‘Prairie houses. The objects, including some deemed irreplaceable by the manager of the home, now a state historic site, are to go on the block at Christie’s in New York on Dec. 12. ‘The coming auction offers us the rate opportunity to preserve objects designed by one of the world’s greatest architects and top display them for generations to come in their original surroundings, Springfield’s magnificent Dana-Thomas House,’ Thompson said in kicking off the drive." Stamped on verso: "Nov 26 87". Acquired from the archives of the Associated Press. Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W Print. ST#: 1987.66.0311


	Date: 1990 Title: Dana-Thomas Master Bedroom Sitting Room 1990 (1902 - S.072). Description: Caption on face: "(Sept 2) Restoration completed – A sitting room is part of the master bedroom of the Dana-Thomas House in Springfield, Illinois. (AP - Seth Perlman) 1990. Slug: Restoring Wright." Clipping pasted to verso: "An award has been given for the restoration of the Dana-Thomas House in Springfield, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright." Stamped on verso: "Sept 5 90". Photographed by Seth Perlman. Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Tribune. Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. ST#: 1990.89.0811

	Date: 1993 Title: Dana-Thomas House (Published by the Dana-Thomas House Foundation.) Description: Packet of 20 Slides Size: 35mm Pages: 20 Slides ST#: 1993-37.0305

POSTCARDS

	Date: 1994 Title: “The Dana-Thomas House” Interior. (Published in 1994 by the Dana-Thomas House Foundation) Description: #39746-E. The Dana-Thomas House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Springfield socialite, Susan Lawrence Dana, completed in 1904. Panoramic view of reception area looking northeast: dining room, reception hall and living room, including original art glass and furniture. The Data-Thomas House is administered by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and is listed on the National Register. #3190. Size: 9 x 4 ST#: 1994.48.1206


	Date: 1994 Title: “The Dana-Thomas House” Exterior. (Published in 1994 by the Dana-Thomas House Foundation) Description: #39741-E. The Dana-Thomas House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Springfield socialite, Susan Lawrence Dana, completed in 1904. Southeast facade photo taken 1991 following restoration. The Data-Thomas House is administered by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and is listed on the National Register. #3191. Size: 9 x 4 ST#: 1994.49.1206

POSTERS

	Date: Circa 2008 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright: The Dana Thomas House (Published by PosterEnvy, Westford, MA) Author: PosterEnvy Description: Frank Lloyd Wright, The David (Dana) Thomas House, Springfield, IL. Studio/Gallery looking East. (First Edition) Size: 12 x 18 Pages: 1 ST#: 2008.09.0211

TRADING CARDS

	Date: 1995 Title: Architects Trading Cards: The Dana House. Description: Architects Trading Cards: The Dana House By Frank Lloyd Wright. (Published by Acme Studios Inc., Hawaii) Size: 2.75 x 3.75 each Pages: Boxed set of 36 Trading Cards. ST#: 1995.01.1299