With every plan to repair something on this old house comes an urgency to study and document what is learned in the process.
New colors, roof, gutters and a forensic report
Tracking the restoration and preservation of a 107-year-old Frank Lloyd Wright house
The restoration and preservation of Frank Lloyd Wright's Elizabeth Murphy House.
A quality roof by Frank Lloyd Wright
Wright took special care in specifying the gutters on American System-Built Homes as:
"...galvanized iron gutters and down spouts wherever and as indicated on drawings."
We're doing as he directed.
Learn more about the tiny Frank Lloyd Wright house in Shorewood, Wisconsin
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
Stewardship is not a product of special oversight placed on historic homes. It comes, instead, from a shared commitment to storytelling, passed between generations.
The System within the System
Citing a vast body of drawings and plans, historians have called the ASBH project the largest single design effort by Frank Lloyd Wright.
By adding a garage, a previous owner saved this Frank Lloyd Wright house
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.
The Elizabeth Murphy House 