Thomas P. Hardy House
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| Location: | 1319 S. Main St., Racine, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates: | 42°42′59″N 87°46′55″W / 42.71639°N 87.78194°WCoordinates: 42°42′59″N 87°46′55″W / 42.71639°N 87.78194°W |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Built: | 1905 |
| Architect: | Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Architectural style: | Prairie school |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 74000120[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | December 3, 1974 |
The Thomas P. Hardy House is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed Prairie school home in Racine, Wisconsin that was built in 1905. The house is unimpressive when seen from the street, but striking when viewed from the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Perched on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan, the house is built vertically up and down the hillside, and has a partial basement. The design of the seven art glass windows on the first floor facing the street is an abstraction of the floorplan of the house itself. Most of the windows are either on the top level, or on the lake side. Not visible from the street side are the terrace, one story below street level, and the living room which, with its upper-story balcony, opens the entire living quarters to the lake view.
This house demonstrates Wright's desire to build right up to the land line. Most of the homes on this street are pretty close to the sidewalk, since the hill drops away from the street pretty quickly, but Wright's entryway for the Hardy house is literally at the line of the sidewalk.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
Hertzberg, Mark. "Frank Lloyd Wright's Hardy House." Pomegranate, 2006, ISBN 0-7649-3761-8 (978-0-7649-3761-3).
- Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.115)
External links
- The Prairie School : : Thomas Paul Hardy residence Frank Lloyd Wright, architect Racine, Wisconsin Presentation rendering
- Hardy House - Frank Lloyd Wright Designed Buildings on Waymarking.com
- Table XV. Perspective of Hardy-House, Racine, Wisconsin
- Thomas Hardy House
- Finding Mr. Wright: Thomas P. Hardy Residence
- Wright in Racine | Window Restoration at the Hardy House
- Photo of the Thomas P. Hardy House
- Photos on Arcaid
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
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