• Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect - 1906

• Cheryl Bachand, Tour Leader, enters Unity Temple

• David Patterson, our guide at Unity Temple

• Unity Temple sanctuary

• Unity Temple sanctuary

• Unity Temple sanctuary

• Unity Temple sanctuary

• Unity Temple sanctuary

• Unity Temple sanctuary

• Detail in the sanctuary

• Light and skylights in the sanctuary

• Sanctuary skylight detail

• Sanctuary light detail

• Sanctuary light detail

• Sanctuary light detail

• Sanctuary light detail

• Sanctuary balcony light detail

• Fireplace in the meeting room

• Unity Temple Meeting Room

• Unity Temple Meeting Room

• Meeting Room light detail

• Meeting Room ceiling art glass

• Entry atrium

• Frank Wright Thomas House, Oak Park, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect - 1901

• Thomas house entrance

• Thomas house planter detail

• Thomas house entrance

• Thomas house window detail

• Thomas house

• Thomas house

• The Thomas house was the first Prairie Style house built in Oak Park.

• Peter A. Beachy House, Oak Park, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect - 1906

• Laura Gale House, Oak Park, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect - 1904

• Gale house

• Gale house

• Gale house

• Nathan Moore House, Oak Park, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect - 1895

• The Studio and Home from across Chicago Avenue. An impending thunderstorn prevented us from walking around the outside of the Home and Studio for exterior photos, so this and the next photo are from earlier trips to Oak Park.

• Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Oak Park, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect - 1889-97

• Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Oak Park, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect - 1889-97

• Living Room

• Living Room

• Original Dining Room

• Dining Room

• Dining Room

• Play Room

• Play Room

• Play Room

• Play Room light detail

• Play Room

• Drafting Room

• Drafting Room

• Drafting Room

• Drafting Room

• Drafting Room fireplace

• Cheryl Bachand in the Drafting Room

• Patti Bigelow at her desk on the Drafting Room balcony

• Studio Reception Room

• Ceiling art glass in the Reception Room

• Window art glass in the Reception Room

• Studio

• Studio Presentation Room

• We toured the Hills-DeCaro Residence at dusk, just after a major thunderstorm had knocked out power to the area. We used candles and flashlights to tour the interior of the home.

• Hills-DeCaro House, Oak Park, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, Remodel Architect - 1906

• A kiosk from the Midway Gardens now located at the Hills-DeCaro House

• Crab Tree Farm is located in Lake Bluff, Illinois, about an hour north of Chicago.

• In the early 1900s, Crab Tree Farm was a 370 acre dairy farm.

• In 1910, then owner Grace Durrand hired architect Solon Spencer Beman to design housing for her prized Guernsey cows.

• Beman designed steel-framed buildings with terra cotta block walls and white stucco that provided twenty-thousand square feet of interior space.

• Today, owners Mr. and Mrs. John Bryan display their extensive collections of decorative arts and furniture from the American and English Arts and Crafts Movement.

• The Bryans host family, friends and artists-in-residence at Crab Tree Farm.

• Presentation drawing, Charles F. Glore House, Lake Forest, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect - 1951

• Charles F. Glore House, Lake Forest, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect - 1951

• Glore house entrance

• Glore house entrance

• View toward Living Room from just inside the Glore house

• Detail of window along the entrance gallery

• Glore house Living Room

• Glore house Living Room

• Glore house Living Room

• Glore house Living Room

• Glore house Living Room

• Living Room cabinet detail

• Balcony overlooking Living Room

• View toward front door from Living Room

• View of Dining Room from Living Room

• Dining Room

• Dining Room

• Dining Room ceiling light detail

• Bar next to Dining Room

• Work Space (kitchen)

• Work Space (kitchen)

• Master Bedroom

• Master Bath

• Office

• Stairway

• Stair detail

• Second floor hallway

• Living Room from balcony

• Second floor bedroom

• Second floor bedroom

• Second floor bathroom

• Ward Willits House, Highland Park, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect - 1901

• The Willits House is thought by many to be the first true Prairie Style house designed by Wright.

• Willits House entrance

• Willits House window detail

• The Willits Gardener's Cottage with Stables

• Gardener's Cottage

• Gardener's Cottage

• Gardener's Cottage entrance

• Trude Harmon, Hans Reis, Robyn D'Alba, Richard Saxon, Kathryn Collins, Doug Collins, Cheryl Bachand, Paul Rycroft, Mary Rycroft

• Darren, our bus driver

• Hollis R. Root House, Ravine Bluffs Development, Glencoe, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect - 1915

• William Kier House, Ravine Bluffs Development, Glencoe, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect - 1915

• William Ross House, Ravine Bluffs Development, Glencoe, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect - 1915

• Lute and Daniel Kissam House, Ravine Bluffs Development, Glencoe, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect - 1915

• The Driehaus Museum is housed in the Samuel Mayo Nickerson Mansion.

• The mansion was purchased by Richard Driehaus in 2003 and restored to its original splendor to provide a home for Driehaus' collection of late 19th and early 20th Century art and furniture.

• Driehaus Capital Management is housed in this restored 19th Century Richardsonian Romanesque building on the corner opposite the Driehaus Museum.

• Our next tour stop was at the Buckingham Fountain. We negotiated our way through the Taste of Chicago crowds to get to the fountain.

• Walking to the Buckingham Fountain

• The Buckingham Fountain was designed by Edward Bennett. It was funded by Kate Buckingham and dedicated in memory of her brother Clarence in 1927.

• Our tour guide, Chicago Park District Historian Julia Bachrach, showing us the Control Room for the Buckingham Fountain

• Graham Rarity, a member of the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust Board of Directors, joined us for the day.

• Under the Control Room are the pumps that drive the fountain.

• Medinah Temple, Huehl and Schmid, Architects - 1912

• Commissioned by the Shriners organization, it was designed in the Moorish style with Arabic motifs.

• Bloomingdales restored the building and turned it into their premier home furnishings store.

• Dome above interior atrium

• The wheelchair-accessible stall in the Ladies Room features the best view of the art glass windows in the Temple.

• The escalator is located next to a curtain that conceals the warehouse, which was formerly a stage where concerts and circuses were performed.

• The Tree Studio Building and Annexes are located next to Medinah Temple.

• The Tree Studio Building and Annexes housed an artist colony established in Chicago, Illinois in 1894 by Judge Lambert Tree and his wife, Anne Tree.

• The Rookery Building, Burnham and Root, Architects - 1886

• Rookery foyer ceiling light

• Lobby renovation, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect - 1905

• Frank Lloyd Wright modernized the lobby by replacing or cladding much of the ironwork with Carrera marble ornamented with gold.

• Marble and gold inlay detail

• A piece of marble has been removed to show the original ironwork

• Rookery elevator door

• Wright designed elevator doors

• Burnham and Root grille

• Chicago Board of Trade Building, Holabird and Root, Architects - 1929. Photo source: Wikipedia Commons

• The lobby of the Art Deco Chicago Board of Trade Building,