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The J. J. Walser Jr. House is a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Prairie School residence completed in 1903 in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood for developer Joseph Jacob Walser Jr. Built on a narrow lot, the two-story house combines a compact cruciform plan, a cubic central block, low wings, and Prairie-style features such as stucco, wood trim, casement windows, and a low hipped roof. Recognized as both a Chicago Landmark and a National Register property, it gained early attention through publication and inclusion in Wright’s Wasmuth Portfolio. Later alterations and decades of decline made it endangered, but its significance as one of Chicago’s few surviving Wright houses remains clear.
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