This is a Frank Lloyd Wright marker with links to other markers relating to the architect, and a marker at the first Jacobs House located in Madison, Wi.
On North Carroll Street at Langdon Street, on the right when traveling north on North Carroll Street.
In 1879, the family of young Frank Lloyd Wright bought a house at 802 East Gorham Street, a house that was later demolished. Wright's years in Madison were formative. As a teenager, he witnessed the tragic collapse of an addition under construction . . . — — Map (db m32917) HM
Near Toepfer Avenue at Birch Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Built for Herbert Jacobs, Madison journalist, this L-plan structure is the first of Wright's Usonian houses designed for middle income families. The horizontal emphasis of the earlier Prairie School style is evident. Innovative construction . . . — — Map (db m33500) HM
