Illinois

Architect George Maher, who lived in Kenilworth, designed, in the popular Prairie School style, a clubhouse for the local town association. Private.

Kindred Styles Antiques offers an extensive inventory of furniture and decorative objects from the Arts & Crafts Period. Selling and exhibiting for over 20 years, contact Jody and Gene Zwiefel for all your A&C Period item needs.

Restored to its original condition, the Lambert Tree Studio is another example of Chicago’s assortment of Arts & Crafts buildings. Built in 1894, with additions in 1912 and 1913, this building nearly saw its collapse until Albert Friedman, of Friedman Properties, began restoration in 2000. The building now houses several artists’ studios.

Specialists since 1980 in the American and English Arts & Crafts Movements. We create interiors that reflect both the context of the structure as well as the needs and desires of our clients. We do new construction and period restoration and design.

Milti is a small workshop located in Spring Grove, IL. We create fine clocks and furniture in the Arts and Crafts style. Our quality and craftsmanship ensure that our original designs and reproduction pieces will be treasured for generations.

Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1917. Good example of the American System-Built scheme of construction. Private Residence.

Designed in 1915 by the architectural firm of Spencer & Powers, this home reveals an integration of both the Prairie School and Tudor styles. Private residence.

A Frank Lloyd Wright structure

A 1909 Prairie style bungalow designed by Talmadge & Watson. Private residence.

One of the most famous works by George Maher. Designed in 1897, it reveals Maher’s debt to the Prairie School style yet also reflects his own personal interpretation in this thirty-room residence. Now the office of the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest.

Architect Charles Purcell designed this Prairie School home in 1909 for his father. Private residence.

Architect Howard Van Doren Shaw designed and built this informal cottage in 1896 for his family. Now open to the public, it is a little-known, but popular spot for travelers.