Frank Lloyd Wright Life and Major Works
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Updated: 9 Nov 2022
This timeline provides a timeline of major events in Frank Lloyd Wright's life as well as his major works during his career.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
Born in Richland Center, WI
(1867)Wright given his first set of Froebel Gifts
from his mother, AnnaWright attends University of Wisconsin-Madison
for Civil EngineeringWright moves to Chicago and begins
working for J.L. Silsbee, then
Louis Sullivan and Dankmar AdlerWright marries his first wife, Catherine Lee TobinMoves to Oak Park, IL. Begins construction
on Home (1889)Frank Thomas House
Oak Park, IL (1901)
Beginning of Prairie styleFrederick C. Robie House
Chicago, IL (1908-1910)Wright leaves Oak Park, separates from Catherine
and travels to Europe with former client,
Mamah BorthwickTaliesin
Spring Green, WI (1911)Wright and Catherine Lee Tobin DivorceMamah Borthwick and her two children perish
in a homicide at Taliesin. The building is set on
fire during the attack and destroyedAnother fire destroys Taliesin North, rebuild begins immediatelyTaliesin Fellowship begins in
Spring Green, WIWright marries Olga Ivanovna Lazović
(Known as Olgivanna)Wright Marries Miriam NoelWright divorces Miriam NoelTaliesin West
Scottsdale, AZ (1937)Frank Lloyd Wright dies at 91 years oldOak Park Home receives
Playroom and Dining Room Addition
(1895)Oak Park Studio adjacent to
Home begins construction (1898)Wright and Catherine visit JapanThe Wasmuth Portfolio,
the largest collection of FLW's architectural
drawings to date, is published (1910)Wright begins construction on Imperial Hotel
Travels between Japan, Illinois,
Wisconsin, and CaliforniaThe Rookery Redesign
Chicago, IL (1905)Unity Temple
Oak Park, IL (1905-1908)Historic Park Inn and National Bank
Mason City, IA (1910)Midway Gardens
Chicago, IL (1913, Demolished 1929)Emil Bach House
Chicago, IL (1915)Hollyhock House
Los Angeles, CA (1921)Imperial Hotel
Tokyo, Japan (1923, Demolished 1967)
Survives Earthquake of 1923Ennis House
Los Angeles, CA (1924)Johnson Wax Building
Racine, WI (1936)Jacobs I
Madison, WI (1937)Fallingwater
Mill Run, PA (1937)Child of the Sun Campus
Southern Florida University
Lakeland, FL (1941-1958)Laurent House
Rockford, IL (1951)Beth Shalom Synagogue
Elkins Park, PA (1954)Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York, NY (1943-1959)Iovanna, daughter of
Frank and Olgivanna is bornModern Architecture
Written and Published by Wright
(1931)Wright and Olgivanna adopt their grandson
Brandoch after his mother, Svetlana
(Olgivanna's daughter from a previous marriage)
passes away in an automobile accidentPeriods
Frank and Catherine Wright's children are born: Frank Jr. (1889),
John (1892), Catherine (1894), David (1895), Frances (1898), Robert (1903)
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