• The Park Inn and City National Bank buildings, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect - 1909-1910

• The Historic Park Inn was reopened in 2011 following major restoration. The City National Bank building was incorporated into the hotel to provide additional guest rooms and a banquet hall.

• The reception at the Historic Park Inn

• Above the reception is a mezzanine

• The main lobby is located behind the reception area

• Main lobby

• Main lobby

• View of the main lobby from the mezzanine above

• The piano on the mezzanine

• The Ladies' Lounge

• The breakfast room

• The Law Library, now a meeting room

• Business center

• An additional lounge space

• The former Gentlemen's Lounge is now the Hotel bar

• Kathryn at the bar

• Hotel bar

• The door to our room at the Historic Park Inn. We won a 'lottery' to be able to stay here as the 27-room hotel could not begin to accomodate all of the conference attendees.

• Our room at the Park Inn

• Our bathroom at the Park Inn

• The front of the City National Bank building

• The front of the City National Bank building

• The banquet room at the Park Inn is in the original bank building.

• Skylight in the banquet room

• Banquet room windows and light

• Banquet room windows

• Inside the banquet room

• Attending the Conservancy Benefit Dinner, held in the Park Inn banquet room, was part of the package to stay at the Park Inn.

• The Conservancy Benefit Dinner

• Bill Fuqua joined us at our table at the benefit dinner

• Wally Rogers pointing out design features of the house

• The Grant House is located on a spacious, partially wooded and ...

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• ... partially open lot.

• The carport is the first view of the Grant House

• Main entrance

• Main entrance

• The Walter House is also known as 'Cedar Rock'

• Cedar Rock is located on the Wapsipinicon River

• Cedar Rock is located on a spacious piece of land, part of which is used to farm corn.

• Picnic grounds and barbeque pit at Cedar Rock

• The boat house on the Wapsipinicon River

• The boat house on the Wapsipinicon River

• The great room of the Walter House

• Michael Ditmer played the piano for us. Michael and his wife Lisa Proechel own the Schwartz House in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.

• A view of the Wapsipinicon River from the great room

• Clerestory detail

• Walter House kitchen

• Walter House kitchen

• Walter House kitchen

• Walter House kitchen

• Utility room with heating system plumbing

• A Pullman style sink and toilet in one of the Walter House bathrooms. The sink swings over the toilet to uncover the bathtub.

• Bedroom/Bathroom Hallway

• Volunteers at Cedar Rock treated us to snacks following our tour.

• The Alvin Miller House is subject to flooding from the Cedar River, most recently in 2008.

• A view of the Miller House from the river bank

• A view of the Cedar River from the Miller House patio

• A window in the Visitor Center next to the Stockman House

• A tea house, not part of Wright's original design, located in the back yard of the Sunday House

• Tea house interior

• Sunday House great room

• Sunday House great room

• Sunday House great room

• Sunday House entry hall

• Sunday House dining room

• Sunday House kitchen

• Trier House great room

• Trier House dining table and chairs

• This statue, an original from the Park Inn in Mason City, is in the Trier family collection.

• Wright's chair design for the Trier House

• The Trier House is built with these ceramic 'bricks'

• Trier House kitchen