Walter Gale House

The Walter Gale House in Oak Park, Illinois, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1893 for Walter H. Gale, marks an important turning point in Wright’s career as the first house he designed after leaving Adler and Sullivan. One of a small group of modest early residences from 1892 and 1893, it combines a geometric Queen Anne design with signs of Wright’s growing independence from historic forms. Its complex massing, varied materials, and carefully ordered interior preserve this transitional moment, when Wright was testing ideas that would later contribute to the Prairie style. The house remains a private residence.

Oak Park, Illinois · United States