One of Frank Lloyd Wright’s First Commissions Lists near Chicago for $2.4 Million

Frank Lloyd Wright's prairie style and usonian homes are well recognized around the world, but his earlier commissions—those completed between the 1890s—are not nearly as well-known.Built in 1895, the Chauncey Williams House in River Forest, IL which is now listed for $2.4 million, is one of those. Chauncey Williams was a classmate of Wright’s at the University of Wisconsin and he hired the architect to design his family home in this near-western suburb of Chicago. The home is also only 1 mile from the home where Wright lived and had his studio. After working for Louis Sullivan at Adler & Sullivan, Wright left the firm in 1893, then went into private practice, first in Chicago, then—by 1898—in Oak Park.Loading...As one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s earliest commissions, this home completed in 1895 is a design departure from the Usonians and Prairie Style homes he designed later in his career.Cesar Wilson PhotographyLoading...The boulders flanking the arched entryway were sourced from the nearby Des Plaines River.Cesar Wilson PhotographyLoading...In the home’s dining room is a fireplace original to the home.Cesar Wilson PhotographyLoading...With the built-in shelving, an area of the h...