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Wright Plus housewalk returns with a flourish Several buildings have not been on the tour in decades
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fter a COVID-19 imposed hiatus of over a year, Wright Plus returns on Sept. 18 for the first time since 2019. The walk has been in the works for over two years, and ticket holders are ready and willing to jump back onto the housewalk circuit with the housewalk to end all housewalks. “It’s been a challenging hiatus,” said event cochair Vicki Kwarciany. “The team has been working on the walk since June 2019 and research began on these houses in November 2019.”
She says that over 75 volunteers and Frank Lloyd Wright Trust employees work on the leadership team that plans the walk, and all are excited to be back. In addition, many people who purchased tickets in 2019 for the 2020 walk are looking forward to attending. Event co-chair Corrine Penery says that while 2020 ticket holders were given the option to use their tickets for two or even three years later, many people opted to come back this fall. “They’re so excited about this year’s houses,” Penery said. “Whether it’s the Ingalls House that See WRIGHT PLUS on page B3
Photos courtesy of Frank Lloyd Wright Trust/Photo by James Caulfield
(Above) Exterior and dining room, J. Kibben Ingalls House (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1909) September 15, 2021 ■ Wednesday Journal/Forest Park Review
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Courtesy of Frank Lloyd Wright Trust/Photo by James Caulfield
Isabel Roberts House (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1908, remodel 1955)
WRIGHT PLUS Protocols in place from page B1 hasn’t been on since the 1990s or the Isabel Roberts house, people are excited to come back and do something normal, even if we have slightly different safety protocols.” Some of the safety protocols in place this year, included halting ticket sales much earlier than in prior years and selling about 30 percent fewer tickets than normal to promote social distancing during the walk. Multiple Frank Lloyd Wright Trust sites
will be open for early check-in for trust members, decreasing the number of people who will be at the Welcome Center on the morning of Wright Plus. Inside each home, tour group sizes will be smaller, and volunteers working inside houses are required to be vaccinated. All guests and volunteers will be required to wear face masks while inside all buildings and on shuttles, and hand sanitizer will be provided before entry into each building. Kwarciany stresses that the cautious approach will not dampen the experience for guests. “People are excited, energized and ready to do something fun and engaging outside in the neighborhood before winter sets in,”
Courtesy of Frank Lloyd Wright Trust/Photo by James Caulfield
Living room, Isabel Roberts House (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1908, remodel 1955)
Courtesy of Frank Lloyd Wright Trust/Photo by James Caulfield
Oscar B. Balch House (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1911)
Kwarciany said. “There’s a pent- up demand for this. There’s no other housewalk like Wright Plus.” The seven houses featured on Wright Plus this year include five homes in River Forest and two in Oak Park. In River Forest, the Isabel Roberts Home was designed in 1908 by Wright for Roberts, who worked in Wright’s studio, her mother and her sister. Roberts is said to have helped work on the drawings for the home, and included plans for a tree that grew through the roof of the home. Architect William Drummond designed some changes to the house in the 1920s, and in the 1950s Wright remodeled the home. It
is the only Prairie Style interior in a Wright home updated by Wright himself. J. Kibben Ingalls, president of the Western Heater Dispatch railroad car company, hired Wright to design his home in 1909. The River Forest home was last on Wright Plus in 1999. The Prairie Style home includes original oak trim, copper light fixtures and art glass windows. The homeowners recently completed an exterior paint project, aided by historic research into the original colors of the home. Oak Park’s Oscar B. Balch house was designed by Wright for the decorator in 1911, See WRIGHT PLUS on page B6
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WRIGHT PLUS from page B3 shortly after Wright returned to Oak Park after his infamous trip to Europe with former client Mamah Borthwick. The Prairie Style home is one of the first Wright homes to feature a flat roof. The Frank H. Bell house was designed by architect Harry Mahler in 1914. The house is considered Mahler’s only Prairie Style residence and features an abundance of leaded glass windows. The Oak Park house was built by Sherman Edwards as a wedding gift for his daughter. The house is making its Wright Plus debut. The Henry Einfeldt House was built in 1914 by architect duo Purcell and Elmslie. George Elmslie was Wright’s colleagues in the Chicago offices of both Joseph Lyman Silsbee and Adler & Sullivan.
William Purcell’s grandfather was the original owner of the Hills-DeCaro House, designed by Wright in 1906. The Einfeldt House in River Forest house has not been featured on Wright Plus for 38 years and has been expanded. Original built-ins and leaded glass remain. William Drummond designed the John A. Klesert house in River Forest in 1915. The American foursquare home has prairie and craftsman influences and cost $4,500 to build in 1915. This is the first time the home has been featured on Wright Plus. Edward Probst, a partner in Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, designed this River Forest house in 1916 for his family. The house retains 60 original floral art glass windows designed by Giannini and Hilgart. Ticket sales for this year’s walk have ended, but the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust is looking forward to Wright Plus 2022, with plans for the walk to return in May.
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E. Probst House (Edward Probst, 1916)
Wright Plus L house selection both a science and art Homes by the master just the start, the others complement those choices
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the Victorian era. “There are a limited number of Wright houses, and you can’t build any more,” Pond said. “That’s ong before the weekend of Wright Plus opens why the ‘plus’ houses are so important.” Vicki Kwarciany, co-chair of this year’s walk, and up historic homes in Oak Park and River Forest to hundreds of visitors, Frank Lloyd Wright a long-term Frank Lloyd Wright Trust volunteer, Trust volunteers put a lot of thought and effort says that other architects are definitely a big draw into choosing homes for the walk. In fact, the for the walk. “There’s so much fantastic architecselection process begins for the next ture in the area, we don’t want to limit year as soon as Wright Plus wraps up. ourselves,” Kwarciany said. “There are Typically, when Wright Plus is held so many important architects, like Wilin May, the Wright Plus House Selection liam Drummond and Purcell & Elmslie. Committee begins meeting in June. They not only did unique things in their Frank Pond has been on the commitown right, but they also offer their own tee for more than 25 years and chairs the interpretation of the Prairie Style.” committee this year. He says that while No matter the unifying theme of the the committee always tries to look at the walk, Pond says the selection committee walk with fresh eyes, there is a bit of also considers the geographic layout of general framework they follow. the walk. “We look for three Frank Lloyd Wright FRANK POND “All Wright homes are north of the homes, which are complemented by the [Lake Street] el tracks, except one,” Pond Home and Studio and Unity Temple,” Pond said. “Then we look for other complementary said. “We try to have a link between the Home and Studio and Unity Temple and other homes.” homes.” Co-volunteer Susan Frost says that one approach Those complementary homes are the “plus” of Wright Plus, and Pond says they might follow a par- to planning a walk is to start with the neighborhood ticular theme architecturally or stylistically. Some and build the walk around that. years the homes might have a distinctive Prairie See SELECTION on page B10 Style bent, and other years might feature some from Contributing Reporter
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ers. On top of that, there’s the feeling they get of helping Oak Park and River Forest. It’s such a community event.” Homeowners Nora Malone and Ryan Tetrick are looking forward to sharing their from page B7 house, the J. Kibben Ingalls House, on this year’s walk. The couple have lived in the “That can make it more convenient for our house four years, and say the draw of living guests and easier logistically,” Frost said. in a Wright-designed house moved them to the However, the committee is not afraid to suburbs earlier than expected. visit other suburbs. In the past, Malone recalls visiting Wright’s the walk has featured a sprawling Home and Studio and Unity TemJohn Van Bergen house in Mayple as a child and says that’s where wood. Another year, visitors travher love of Wright began. It was elled to Riverside to see parts of an easy decision to let the Frank the Avery Coonley estate. Lloyd Wright Trust feature their At the end of the day, Frost says house. a lot of the selection happens or“The trust maintains the Home ganically. Many volunteers and and Studio and fosters a love of Wright home owners have lived Wright designs,” Malone said. in the area a long time, so often “Helping them raise money is imSUSAN FROST someone knows the owner of a portant to us.” house. They recently completed exte“Most owners are not surprised to be rior painting which restored the home’s origiasked,” Frost said. “A lot of owners know each nal colors and say they look forward to perother and they share resources, especially haps having the house on the walk sometime when it comes to the historic preservation of in the future when they have done more work their homes. It’s like a community within a to restore the home. community.” Corrine Penery, co-chair of this year’s She says that the goal Wright Plus, says that is always to find houses while the walk is a great that tell a great story. boon to the villages of Those great stories keep Oak Park and River Forpeople coming back to est from a tourism perWright Plus year after spective, it brings much year. more to the area. Homeowners also “There’s a sense of vibenefit from being on brancy from the people the walk. Frost notes out in the street and waitthat many of the homeing in line,” Penery said. owners who choose to CORRINE PENERY AND VICKI KWARCIANY “It’s a fun atmosphere.” open up their homes for Kwarciany agrees, Wright Plus are quite invested in the historic stating, “We are home to the largest concenpreservation of their homes. tration of Frank Lloyd Wright homes in the “They care very deeply about these build- world. There’s a lot to be proud of. The weekings and have a desire to share that and the end is an opportunity to show off our commuefforts at historic preservation,” Frost said. nity, and Wright Plus is a way to engage vol“Beyond that, they get a gigantic history of unteers and guests. It’s a really big group of their house by a researcher, and they also get people interested in the community. There’s a to participate in gatherings for the homeown- sense of energy and excitement.”
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1346 Jackson Ave 1339 Monroe Ave 1225 Monroe Ave 611 Jackson Ave 1303 Ashland Ave 914 Ashland Ave 1120 Park Ave 414 Clinton Pl 1419 Bonnie Brae Pl 1020 N Harlem Ave 1020 N Harlem Ave 4 Washington Blvd 1510 Bonnie Brae Pl 1205 Ashland Ave 15 Gale Ave 219 Ashland Ave 322 Forest Ave 628 Forest Ave 1526 Lathrop Ave 133 Park Ave 343 Gale Ave 703 Ashland Ave 1322 Jackson Ave 1147 Jackson Ave 1015 Jackson Ave 1524 Forest Ave 1540 Park Ave
$1,050,000 $1,100,000 $1,180,000 $1,200,000 $1,250,000 $1,790,000 $1,811,000 $160,000 $245,000 $332,000 $349,500 $385,000 $426,000 $480,000 $530,000 $565,000 $585,000 $609,000 $635,500 $650,000 $677,500 $700,000 $715,000 $792,000 $885,000 $939,000 $98,000
Dale Karen W Tr Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 800238512 Dardis Ryan Dube Brandon J Dwyer Joseph J Tr Singer Michael H Bailey Ryan A Tr Palmer Bradley Latz Peter J Healy Michael P Herzog Michael E Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 8002385042 Bowersox Matthew T Bailey Joellen Tr Dixon Joseph D Pickett Bertha First Amer Bk Tr 0518404 Lesniak John R Pesek Lucinda I Tr Kowalski Anna L Tr Clen Pice Bruno Margaret P Sam Lang K Huber Don J Funches Fragier L Cooks Christopher Byczek Opal L Halperin Daniel A Federici Joseph E Tr Oconnell Robert E Jr Campbell Terence La Penna Anthony Peters Aqam Mattucci Lindsey B Pilotto David Luther Adam Niu Zhiwei Ogorzalek Arthur Polyakov Oleg Schwarz Erin Howell Peter H Tr Callahan Jonathan D Walczak Marcin Conway Joseph M Sullivan Kathleen M Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 8002384901 Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 1101178 Samuel Christopher C Reaney Michael J Lopresti James J Arista Phyllis D Domino Aaron Bachman James V Tr Casey Brian
OAK PARK 1209 N Harlem Ave 725 S Maple Ave 1166 S Cuyler Ave 415 S Lombard Ave 1103 Washington Blvd 920 Wesley Ave 444 Washington Blvd 212 N Oak Park Ave 344 N Austin Blvd 135 S Kenilworth Ave 1148 Washington Blvd 1044 Ontario St 840 S Oak Park Ave 121 Washington Blvd 1041 Susan Collins Ln 444 Washington Blvd 1215 N Harlem Ave 1121 N Harlem Ave 1011 S Oak Park Ave 1421 N Harlem Ave
$102,000 $110,000 $120,000 $120,000 $131,500 $135,000 $135,000 $138,000 $140,000 $141,000 $145,000 $153,000 $160,000 $177,000 $180,000 $195,000 $206,000 $210,000 $220,000 $225,000
Vongluekiat Irene Bianco Jason A Kelly Marilyn T Madina Rhonda A Aquino Emma Mertgodan Michael Goldin Gilbert Gwendolyn Reif Robert W Beckwith Paul A Davidson Janice M Lei Uei Groben Elmer 653 Oak Pk Llc Watkins Renard C Thompson Eric Kalal Kristin M Bauer Ruth Miley Jason Tr Herholdt Amanda Gonzalez Raquel S
Obrien Anastasia M Reposh Gregory Grandview Cap Llc Spiller Steve Pinzon Laura Antunez Daniel Cox Patricia Hernandez Jacqueline Ball Nebrenda Mcdonnell Michael Bauer Ruth Bowland Fabiola I Luis David Garcia Monica L Dzurik Sarah P Rome Sandra Rojas Guillermo Stallings Kevin Cai Jiarui Tejam Tyrone
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1120 Park Ave., River Forest
OAK PARK ADDRESS
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1427 N Harlem Ave 318 -320 N Maple Ave 253 Washington Blvd 429 Wisconsin Ave 515 S Scoville Ave 430 S Maple Ave 324 N Marion St 524 N Cuyler Ave 644 Washington Blvd 1175 S Harvey Ave 1143 Clinton Ave 1006 Home Ave 1123 S East Ave 705 Carpenter Ave 126 S Humphrey Ave 1158 S Cuyler Ave 1185 S Kenilworth Ave 48 Lake St 534 N Lombard Ave 6032 Roosevelt Rd 726 S Ridgeland Ave 720 S Ridgeland Ave 1023 S Humphrey Ave 1046 S Maple Ave 721 Ontario St 407 Wisconsin Ave 1114 S Lyman Ave 1167 S Oak Park Ave 1156 S Maple Ave 806 S Scoville Ave 1137 Erie St 705 S Taylor Ave 734 N Lombard Ave 916 N Oak Park Ave 109 Le Moyne Pky 813 Forest Ave 1104 S Maple Ave
$230,000 $238,000 $245,000 $255,000 $260,000 $260,000 $291,000 $295,000 $300,000 $308,000 $319,000 $325,000 $335,000 $350,000 $350,000 $370,000 $372,000 $378,000 $379,000 $380,000 $382,000 $392,000 $399,000 $400,000 $425,000 $425,000 $426,000 $433,000 $434,000 $440,000 $458,000 $459,000 $464,000 $470,000 $475,000 $485,000 $499,000
Putnick Matthew C Pyne Nora Holmes Danna Myers Marcella W Shinsako Mary C Redict Rosalynn Agyepong Tera Fiume001 Llc Fokatte Monika Schiff Timothy Dillon Anne M Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 134240 Johnson Joan C Tr Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 036583 Bjarnarson Robert F Broussard Katie M Oconnor Stephen C One Point Ctr Llc Willis Sylvester Le Hiep X Fuller Keith Douglass Connor Yani-Matula Megan Tr Evans Edward Stephen Wohlgenant Susan L Mccarthy Kevin C Boyter-Escalona Margaret Anne Heide Nora R Elk-Weist Laura Urso William F Charles Erica M Abbott Susan C Tr Nietfeld Lynn C Palmer Rebecca A Jbmm Investments Llc Gerbie S Ralph Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 7649
Kontopoulos Richard J Trepkowski Ann Marie Jackson Rhonda Carlson Jessica Shinsako Donald M Hanekamp Diane S Trust Wagner Rhonda 52nd Ave Llc Losasso Jennifer Robinson Schiff Daniel 52nd Ave Llc-Clinton Midwest Fin Inc Johnson Ericka Shupe Ryan J Pekarik Laura Drew Kevin S Hendricks Peter Isetti Giulia Swagler Justin M Bradley Rashida Ortuno Carlos Favoino Keeley M Turner Anne Kelly Ward Margaret R Plechaty Rosalie M Hong Stephen Melendez Beth Ann Floyd Jelani Rashad Babbitt Andrew W Ridley Chelsea K Madison Veronique Heidi Lindsay Petrovich Christopher Balasubramanian Prasanna Menon Shreevidya Kowalski Stephanie Rose Mcgruder Andre
P R O P E R T Y
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OAK PARK ADDRESS
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428 N Oak Park Ave 1107 N Ridgeland Ave 937 Fair Oaks Ave 1007 Wenonah Ave 727 Gunderson Ave 710 Chicago Ave 217 N Taylor Ave 156 N Oak Park Ave 326 S Cuyler Ave 620 S Highland Ave 1143 N Grove Ave 1115 Clinton Ave 430 Berkshire St 600 S Elmwood Ave 324 N Grove Ave 538 N Ridgeland Ave 127 S Taylor Ave 327 N Harvey Ave 537 Wesley Ave 623 N Grove Ave 202 Le Moyne Pky 819 N Elmwood Ave 532 Woodbine Ave 122 Le Moyne Pky 154 N Taylor Ave 1115 Paulina St 511 S Kenilworth Ave 406 Madison St 1035 N Grove Ave 415 S Maple Ave 1311 N Harlem Ave 209 S East Ave 807 N Kenilworth Ave 304 S Cuyler Ave 911 N Marion St 135 S Elmwood Ave 336 S Kenilworth St 510 Madison St
$500,000 $515,000 $535,000 $550,000 $550,000 $560,000 $562,000 $563,000 $565,000 $575,000 $577,500 $590,000 $590,000 $600,000 $620,000 $620,000 $625,000 $630,000 $635,500 $640,000 $645,000 $645,000 $647,500 $650,000 $675,000 $675,000 $685,000 $690,000 $692,000 $70,000 $71,000 $745,000 $749,000 $775,000 $780,000 $813,500 $92,500 Unknown
Mitchell-Bolling Janice Cantillon Kathleen M Baer Michael Johnson Christopher Stanger John G Tr Schroeder Tracey L Tr Kleinkopf Jeffrey Kincaid Elizabeth Schoeny Amy C Boveri Ross Spooner Sharon Watts Tr Beachler Zachary D Lopresti James J Murphy Mark Strickland Matthew Omalley Kathleen A Tr Smith Trust Weinstein Matthew Kerrins Martin P Tr Hauck Robert L Wahlers Charlotte Walsh Deborah L Mullins Doniphan Sullivan Jill Chapman Clayton Eleven Paulina Dev Llc Elmiger Julie A Seok Kyun Se Tr Giles Robert W Tr Rezai-Al-Waraqi Deborah Tr Przybysz Elsa M Tousignant Andrew J Kingery Eric V Barlow Jacqueline M Tr Giovannini Dennis A Mcfolling Guy E Ayala Juliana Sheriff Of Cook County
Strong Sarah Berhory Torgerson Heidi L Mack Kristina L Tamayo Tammy R Allen Nickolas Young Raun Stewart-Bartes Marta Spooner Sharon Watts Morrison Thomas Webster Henry C Ruesewald Sara Barahona Michael Smith Caryn M Urso Jennifer Castro Quincy W Tr Carlo Jesse Gerace Jason W Mahoney Josh Patrick Dekker Elizabeth J Yoder Jesse Shear Talia C Fioritto Sean Gaudoit Nicholas Shanley Patrick James Terrell Carter Epstein Susannah Cruz Kevin R 400 Madison Llc Retson Caraig L Norton Myles Edward Demartinez Marta Emelina Valdes Daussa Jackson Maria M Behr Nicholas Shill Gregory H Kelpsch Timothy C Omalley Kathleen A Drsi Alexander Vrmtg Asset Trust
FOREST PARK 161 Harlem Ave 300 Circle Ave 850 Des Plaines Ave 7251 Randolph St 7300 Marengo Ave 7320 Dixon St 1224 Elgin Ave 1228 Marengo Ave 1035 Thomas Ave 7521 Brown Ave 912 Elgin Ave 7531 Brown Ave 1017 Circle Ave 621 Harlem Ave 822 Ferdinand Ave 828 Dunlop Ave 931 Dunlop Ave 1023 Marengo Ave 505 Elgin Ave 300 Circle Ave
$1,000,000 $105,000 $115,000 $150,000 $170,000 $183,000 $240,000 $245,000 $291,000 $307,000 $315,000 $330,000 $330,000 $335,000 $410,000 $500,000 $510,000 $510,000 $590,500 $80,000
161 S Harlem Llc Markese Linda Jasper Lori Mejia Leslie Ashcraft Don E Fruth Susan M Raleigh Mark A Tr Dussias Constantine C Dixon Anquinetto Vukovic Ranka Gaylord Hannah Lorenz Mitchell Hostas Prop Llc Golub Martin Daly Paul P Taddeo Charles P Jr Coleman Terron Schassen Michael Ryan Rudnik Thomas J Burg-Clark Yolanda Tr
Ampler Dev Llc Clark Corey Hare Lofita M Whitaker Rp Jr Sorice Martin Womack Joseph 1st Midwest Fin Inc Johannsen Richard P Viswanath Nitya Strong Mary Alice Chairez Ruben Jr Ahlgren Mary Claire Pantoja Jose Patel Sima Coleman Jill Pangikas George N Grb Ventures Llc Kapusta Joseph Gajewski Cynthia Howe Tr Anderson Edward
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