Tracking the restoration and preservation of a 107-year-old Frank Lloyd Wright house

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The restoration and preservation of Frank Lloyd Wright's Elizabeth Murphy House.

Learn more about the tiny Frank Lloyd Wright house in Shorewood, Wisconsin

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Neighbors, friends and the historically curious are invited to attend a presentation - chock full of photographs, tales of stewardship and mysterious backstories - about the historic Elizabeth Murphy House, the only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in Shorewood, Wisconsin.

Preserving Shorewood’s Rich History

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Stewardship is not a product of special oversight placed on historic homes. It comes, instead, from a shared commitment to storytelling, passed between generations.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Elizabeth Murphy House to be featured in 2019 OSHER presentation

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Learn more about The Elizabeth Murphy House and its place in Frank Lloyd Wright's work and legacy, by attending a presentation on Friday, 6/14/2019 at 12:30pm at the Hefter Center at UWM.

The System within the System

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Citing a vast body of drawings and plans, historians have called the ASBH project the largest single design effort by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Beauty in an imperfect system

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Underneath magnificent art lie the trials, troubles and lessons-learned by the artist.

Compress, release, repeat.

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By creating a deliberately small space through which one must pass before reaching a larger space, Frank Lloyd Wright caused a temporary sense of tension, followed by a powerful feeling of freedom.

By adding a garage, a previous owner saved this Frank Lloyd Wright house

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Since the house originally had no drive, garage or carport, a garage was added in 1976. It was both practical and necessary to the preservation of the house.