- Wingspread
Infobox_nrhp | name =Herbert F. Johnson House
nrhp_type =nhl
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nearest_city= 33 East Four Mile Road,Wind Point, Wisconsin
locmapin = Wisconsin
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built =1937
architect=Frank Lloyd Wright
architecture= Prairie School, Other
designated=June 29 ,1989 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1525&ResourceType=Building
title=Herbert F. Johnson House |accessdate=2007-12-31|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =January 08 ,1975 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=75000076Wingspread, also known as the Herbert F. Johnson House, is a house designed by
architect Frank Lloyd Wright forHerbert Fisk Johnson, Jr. and built in1938 -1939 in the village of Wind Point near Racine,Wisconsin . The living room is the centre of the home, and four wings extend from it to four "zones": the master bedroom, the children’s rooms, the kitchen and servants' quarters, and the guestrooms/garage. The living room resembles a giganticdome , and features a tall stone multiple fireplace rising from its centre.Johnson was also Wright's client for the
Johnson Wax Headquarters Building in Racine, which was built at about the same time.Wingspread is no longer a residence; it was donated by Johnson and his wife to
The Johnson Foundation in1959 as an international educational conference facility.It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and designated aNational Historic Landmark in 1989.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/75000076.pdf National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wingspread / Herbert F. Johnson House] |397 KiB |date=January 29, 1989 |author=Carolyn Pitts |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/75000076.pdf "Accompanying 14 photos, exterior and interior and of Frank Lloyd Wright with model, from 1980 and undated."] |1.63 MiB ]It is located at 33 East Four Mile Road in Racine.
References
External links
* [http://www.johnsonfdn.org/tour.html Wingspread]
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