The Ward W. Willits House is a building designed by famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Designed in 1901 the Willits house is considered the first of the great Prairie houses. Built in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, the house presents a symmetrical facade to the street, the plan is a cruciform with four wings that extend out from a central hearth. In addition to art glass windows and wooden screens that divide rooms, Wright also designed most of the furniture in the house. Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was one of the most prominent architects of the first half of the 20th century. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Highland Park is a city located in Lake County, Illinois. ...
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A site about the Willits House (http://www.appraisercitywide.com/content.aspx?FileName=CustomPage101.x)
Willits is the home of the Frontier Days and Rodeo, the oldest continuous rodeo in California (held every July) and the Mendocino County Museum.
Willits was the final home of the racehorse Seabiscuit: Ridgewood Ranch, where Seabiscuit trained, recuperated, and lived out his retirement, is located a few miles south of the city.
Willits is at the center of Mendocino County in the Little Lake Valley, 20 miles (32 km) north of Ukiah on U.S. Route 101 (otherwise known as the Redwood Highway).
The Ward W. WillitsHouse is a building designed by famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Designed in 1901 the Willitshouse is considered the first of the great Prairie houses.
Built in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, the house presents a symmetrical facade to the street, the plan is a cruciform with four wings that extend out from a central hearth.
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