Wikimedia Commons

File:American System-Built Homes, 2720-22 West Burnham Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI HABS WIS,40-MILWA,43- (sheet 2 of 4).png

Original file ‎(14,442 × 9,632 pixels, file size: 3.08 MB, MIME type: image/png)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
This image is a JPEG version of the original TIF image at File: American System-Built Homes, 2720-22 West Burnham Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI HABS WIS,40-MILWA,43- (sheet 2 of 4).tif.

However, any edits to the image should be based on the original TIF version in order to prevent generation loss, and both versions should be updated. Do not make edits based on this version.

Summary edit

Warning The original file is very high-resolution. It might not load properly or could cause your browser to freeze when opened at full size.
HABS WIS,40-MILWA,43- (sheet 2 of 4) - American System-Built Homes, 2720-22 West Burnham Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI
Title
HABS WIS,40-MILWA,43- (sheet 2 of 4) - American System-Built Homes, 2720-22 West Burnham Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI
Description
Wright, Frank Lloyd; Arena, David A; Arena, Jillayne; Ovard, Todd; Milnick, Brian; Das, Shapna; Kamps, Jim; Ryhn, Doug, project manager; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, sponsor
Depicted place Wisconsin; Milwaukee County; Milwaukee
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS WIS,40-MILWA,43- (sheet 2 of 4)
Credit line
This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

Notes
  • 1991 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
  • Significance: During the early part of his career Frank Lloyd Wright began working on a scheme of low-cost housing for the city dweller called the American System-Built Homes, or more appropriately referred to as the American Readi-Cut System. Wright spent from 1911 to 1917 working on sketches and fully developed working drawings for this series of home designs and a system of prefabrication for their assembly. The size of the file (966 drawings) in the Taliesen archives is proof of the concern of Frank Lloyd Wright to produce beautiful low-cost housing where each home, apartment, or duplex would have its own sense of individuality. Wright once said about this scheme, "Simply selling houses at less cost means nothing at all to me. To sell beautiful houses at less cost means everything." ...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-44
  • Survey number: HABS WI-326
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1916 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wi0260.sheet.00002a
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
Other versions

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current23:06, 19 August 2014Thumbnail for version as of 23:06, 19 August 201414,442 × 9,632 (3.08 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs){{Compressed version|file=File:American_System-Built_Homes,_2720-22_West_Burnham_Street,_Milwaukee,_Milwaukee_County,_WI_HABS_WIS,40-MILWA,43-_(sheet_2_of_4).tif|thumb=nothumb}} =={{int:filedesc}}== {{Photograph | accession number = HABS WIS,40-MILWA...

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:American_System-Built_Homes,_2720-22_West_Burnham_Street,_Milwaukee,_Milwaukee_County,_WI_HABS_WIS,40-MILWA,43-_(sheet_2_of_4).png&oldid=790483628"