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May 15, 2009 9:26 am US/Central

Wright Houses Open For Tours In Oak Park

Frank Lloyd Wright Lived And Worked In Oak Park From 1889 To 1909

OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) ― Frank Lloyd Wright helped put Oak Park on the world map, and some of the legendary homes he designed there will be open for public tours this weekend.

"Wright Plus 2009" will be held on Saturday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., and it features homes designed by Wright and others, including four that have not previously been the subject of tours.

• George W. Furbeck House (223 N. Euclid Ave.), Frank Lloyd Wright, 1897
• Hills-Decaro House, Frank Lloyd Wright (313 Forest Ave.), 1906
• Laura Gale House (6 Elizabeth Ct.), Frank Lloyd Wright, 1909
• Michael Carter House, Research Ongoing, 1860
• Henry C. Todd House, E.E. Roberts, 1904
• Charles R. Erwin II House, George W. Maher, 1905
• James McMasters House, allmadge & Watson, 1909
• Henry D. Golbeck House, Tallmadge & Watson, 1915

Tickets for the event also include entry to the landmark public buildings that Wright designed – his Home and Studio, the Unity Temple, and the Robie House. All of those buildings are in Oak Park except the Robie House, which is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood near the University of Chicago campus.

Tickets are $95 for the general public, or $80 if you're a Frank Lloyd Wright Trust Preservation member.

While Wright (1867-1959) spent most of his life in Wisconsin, he lived and worked in Oak Park from 1899 to 1909, when he separated from his wife and eloped to Europe with Mamah Cheney, the daughter of one of Wright's clients. The Cheney house is also located in Oak Park. 

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