Oscar B. Balch House

Wright had left his family and Oak Park for Europe in 1909; the Balch House, 1911, was the first commission he took after coming back. The design is his Prairie idiom at full maturity in compressed form: flat roof, overhanging eaves, a raised terrace, and an entrance turned away from the street so that arrival is deliberately delayed. It is a private house on North Kenilworth and has changed hands on the open market in recent years.

Street Address

611 North Kenilworth Avenue

Building Type

house

Architect

Frank Lloyd Wright

Category: Culture & History

Tags: frank lloyd wright, prairie school, private residence, 1911

Coordinates: 41.8965999, -87.7981599

Part of Frank Lloyd Wright's buildings in Oak Park

Related collections

• Baden-Württemberg's palaces the state palace administration keeps — Baden-Württemberg, Germany · 16 locations
• Christopher Wren's churches in the City of London — City of London, United Kingdom · 15 locations
• The royal palaces Historic Royal Palaces looks after — United Kingdom · 6 locations
• Tarraco's Roman monuments on the World Heritage list, in and around Tarragona — Tarragona, Spain · 10 locations
• Jean Nouvel's buildings in Paris — Paris, France · 4 locations
• Venice's civic museums, the Fondazione Musei Civici — Venice, Italy · 8 locations