Edmund D. Brigham House

Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for freight agent Edmund D. Brigham around 1908 and completed the next year in Glencoe, Illinois, this house is a significant Prairie School residence and a rare realization of Wright’s published ideas about modern domestic design. It adapted his 1907 “A Fireproof House for $5000” concept and is notable as the only one of those specific designs actually built in concrete. With a central two-story block, one-story wings, casement windows, and prominent piers, it expresses the low horizontal character of Wright’s work while also reflecting his interest in practical planning, new materials, affordability, and fire resistance.

Glencoe, Illinois · United States