Photograph
Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse
| Exterior view from the lake of the Madison City Boathouse at the foot of North Carroll Street on Lake Mendota. It was an early design of Frank Lloyd Wright. |
| Image ID: | 34327 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1920 |
| Creator Name: | Custer, Frank |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Frank Custer local history research files, 1850-1960 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | M2001-157.88 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 5 inches |
| In the spring of 1893, the citizen group Madison Improvement Association conducted a contest for the design of a new boat house for the city. The winning design was submitted by the young Chicago architect Frank Lloyd Wright and was executed at a cost of $4,000 with money raised by the Association. The boat house was the first building of Wright's design to be built in Madison. It was razed beginning on February 19, 1926. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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