Sherman Booth House

The Sherman Booth House is a Prairie Style house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Glencoe, IL. The house was built as the primary residence for the family of Elizabeth K and Sherman M Booth II in 1916.[2] Sherman Booth II was an attorney at the time for Wright. The house is the largest of six Wright-designed Prairie Style homes in the Ravine Bluffs Development.[3]

Sherman Booth House
Summer 1919
General information
Architectural stylePrairie School
Town or cityGlencoe, IL
Coordinates42°08′42″N 87°45′51″W
Completed1916
Technical details
Floor count3
Design and construction
Architect(s)Frank Lloyd Wright
Main contractorH. A. Peters and Company
DesignationsGlencoe Honorary Landmark: April 9, 1993[1]

Wright had originally designed a grander vision for the Booths in 1911 (known as Scheme 1[4]), but due to the exorbitant cost ($125,000 in 1910) and a financial downturn in the Booths fortunes, he redesigned two existing structures in the design that was built (Scheme 2).

Architecture

The house has a square theme throughout including square door knobs. Unique to most Prairie styles homes at the time, the building is three stories high and has a rooftop deck,[5] a rarity for Wright. Wright designed several pieces of furniture for the house including a dining room table/chairs,[6] a library table,[7] slatted wooden light sconces[8] and a floor lamp[9] reminiscent of a Japanese art print holder.[10]

References
  1. "Story Map Shortlist". glencoeil.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  2. "Life inside a Frank Lloyd Wright house". Journal Times. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  3. "The History". Wright In Glencoe. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  4. "Sherman Booth house, Glencoe, Illinois | Taylor A. Woolley Papers". collections.lib.utah.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  5. "Booth House". Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  6. Peters, Kelsey. "Sherman Booth". Urban Nesting. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  7. "Library Table | RISD Museum". risdmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  8. "Sconce from the Sherman M Booth house Glencoe Illinois another pair by Frank LloydWright". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  9. "Frank Lloyd Wright". www.steinerag.com. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  10. "Frank Lloyd Wright". www.steinerag.com. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
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