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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.
 
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By William J. Toman, July 4, 2010
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1 Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison, State-Langdon — World-famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright called Madison his hometownThe Madison Heritage Series
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
2 Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison, Westmorland — 24 — Jacobs House I1937 — Frank Lloyd Wright —
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
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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