THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TOUR
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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BLOG
Ferdanand Tomek House, Frank Lloyd Wright 1907
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Avery Coonley Playhouse, Frank Lloyd Wright 1912
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Avery Coonley House, Frank Lloyd Wright 1908
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Avery Coonley House, living room wing
Avery Coonley House, living room wing
Avery Coonley House, side view of living room wing with pool area
Avery Coonley House, bedroom wing
Avery Coonley House, mosaic detaling
Avery Coonley House, Gardener's Cottage
Avery Coonley House, Stable
Avery Coonley House, central courtyard between all buildings of the complex
Avery Coonley House
281 Blooming Bank
Riverside, IL 60546
The Avery Coonley House is much more than just a house -it is an entire complex designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. It is similar in complexity to the Darwin Matin House. The Coonley House is located in Riverside, Illinois, a village worth visiting on its own for its historic distinction. The village of Riverside is one of the oldest planned communities in the United States, dating back to the early 1870's. Riverside was designed by famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted -designer of both Jackson Park (fairgrounds of the Chicago Columbian Exposition of 1893) and Central Park in New York City. Driving through Riverside is a step back in time, magical and animated in both its layout and historic character. The streets of Riverside wind and crisscross, forming small islands of houses and green space; quite a contrast to the strict grid of nearby Chicago.
Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Avery Coonley House in 1908 for Avery and Queene Coonley, devout Christian Scientists. The complex is located on a small island, surrounded on all sides by curvilinear streets. At first glance, the Avery Coonley complex is hard to take in all at once. There is a feeling that this is much more than a simple house, but rather an entire cluster of interrelated buildings. The Coonley House is comprised of several different structures. The main structure of the Avery Coonley House is the living room wing located on Blooming Bank, behind that on Scottswood is the separate living room wing. The Avery Coonley Complex also includes a separate stable and gardener's cottage that have since been converted into private residences. The bedroom and living room wings of the Coonley House are now two separate residences.
Tall privacy walls extend around the Coonley complex, disguising a central courtyard with a small pond and sculpture garden. The backsides of the Coonley living room wing, Coonley bedroom wing, gardener's cottage, and stable form the interior space of this private courtyard. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Coonley House in the Prairie Style, complete with low hipped roofs, art glass windows, overhanging roof eaves, and so on. The landscape of the Coonley House was incredibly designed by famous landscape architect Jens Jensen.
