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The Peter A. Beachy House in Oak Park, Illinois, is a historic residence largely created by Frank Lloyd Wright in a 1906 redesign for banker Peter A. Beachy. Built on the site of an older Gothic cottage known as the Fargo House, it retained little of the earlier structure beyond parts of the basement and foundation. Wright reoriented the house to better use southern light and gave it Prairie School character, with some exterior details influenced by his trip to Japan. The house is especially notable as one of only three Oak Park homes Wright remodeled rather than designed entirely new, and it contributes to the Frank Lloyd Wright–Prairie School of Architecture Historic District.
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Oak Park, Illinois · United States