Jul 30, 1974
Frederick B. Carter Jr., House - National Register of Historic Places
Statement of Significance: Walter Burley Griffin's house for Frederick B. Carter is an excellent specimen of that architect's early modern style. The house represents one stylistic facet of Griffin's struggle to achieve a style derived from--but independent of--the idiom of his master, Frank Lloyd Wright. Here Griffin uses open gables, projecting masses and receding volumes, and a ligature of brick, stucco and wood to create a rich composition having considerable visual interest put together in a way that is distinctively Griffin's own. The residence has come down to us without major alterations and provides a nearly perfect example of this phase of Griffin's work. As an early but mature work in an early modern style by Wright's best student, and a design of considerable aesthetic merit, the house assumes even greater historic importance.
Frederick B. Carter Jr., House - National Register of Historic Places
Statement of Significance: Walter Burley Griffin's house for Frederick B. Carter is an excellent specimen of that architect's early modern style. The house represents one stylistic facet of Griffin's struggle to achieve a style derived from--but independent of--the idiom of his master, Frank Lloyd Wright. Here Griffin uses open gables, projecting masses and receding volumes, and a ligature of brick, stucco and wood to create a rich composition having considerable visual interest put together in a way that is distinctively Griffin's own. The residence has come down to us without major alterations and provides a nearly perfect example of this phase of Griffin's work. As an early but mature work in an early modern style by Wright's best student, and a design of considerable aesthetic merit, the house assumes even greater historic importance.
Jul 30, 1974
Posted Date
Mar 29, 2022
Historical Record Date
Jul 30, 1974
Source Name
United States Department of Interior - National Park Service
Source Website
Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House, 1024 Judson St Evanston, Cook County, IL
The Carter house was designed by Walter Burley Griffin in 1909-1910. At a time when he was apparently still under the influence of his former employer, Frank Lloyd Wright; this is suggested in his use of a cross-shaped plan with low flanking wings and broad gables, not unlike Wright`s design for the Ward Willitts house of 1902.
Frederick B. Carter, Jr. House, 1024 Judson St Evanston, Cook County, IL
The Carter house was designed by Walter Burley Griffin in 1909-1910. At a time when he was apparently still under the influence of his former employer, Frank Lloyd Wright; this is suggested in his use of a cross-shaped plan with low flanking wings and broad gables, not unlike Wright`s design for the Ward Willitts house of 1902.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
