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Photographer: Andrew Ruppenstein
Taken: December 7, 2021
Caption: James Charnley House and Marker
Additional Description: "The Charnley house has been widely recognized for over half a century as an important work nationally and internationally in the history of modernism in architecture. It is one of the few major residential commissions realized by Louis Sullivan, who enjoyed national prominence for several decades during his career and is now considered among the most important architects to have practiced in the United States. The house is also a benchmark in the early development of Frank Lloyd Wright, who as a draftsman and designer in Sullivan's office contributed significantly to the design....Finally, the house is an unusually intact survivor of an elite urban dwelling of the late nineteenth century, one of the few extant residences by Sullivan to remain close to its original condition, and perhaps the only surviving example of a design to which both Sullivan and Wright made substantial contributions." - NRHP Registration Form Statement of Significance
Submitted: December 15, 2021, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p628159
File Size: 5.034 Megabytes

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