The Orth House is a historic house located at 42 Abbotsford Road in Winnetka, Illinois. Walter Burley Griffin designed the Prairie School house, which was built in 1908. Griffin was a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, and he designed the Orth House shortly after starting his own studio; the house resembles Wright's work more closely than Griffin's later work. The 1+12-story house's design features a stucco exterior with decorative stained wood, casement windows divided into geometric patterns, and an overall horizontal emphasis, all characteristic features of the Prairie School.[2]

Orth House
Orth House is located in Illinois
Orth House
Orth House is located in the United States
Orth House
Location42 Abbotsford Rd., Winnetka, Illinois
Coordinates42°5′31″N 87°43′10″W / 42.09194°N 87.71944°W / 42.09194; -87.71944
Arealess than one acre
Built1908 (1908)
ArchitectGriffin, Walter Burley
Architectural stylePrairie School
NRHP reference No.76000708[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 8, 1976

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1976.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Graham, James W. (October 7, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Orth House" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2014.