Full Text of HJR0066 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly wish | 3 | | to recognize and remember Frank
Lloyd Wright, an American | 4 | | architect, interior designer, writer, and educator who | 5 | | designed over 1,000 structures, on his 150th birthday; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Frank Lloyd Wright was born Frank Lincoln Wright | 7 | | in Richland Center, Wisconsin to William Carey Wright and Anna
| 8 | | Lloyd Jones on June 8, 1867; he passed away in Phoenix, Arizona | 9 | | on April
9, 1959; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, When Frank Lloyd Wright was 14 his parents | 11 | | separated; in 1885, the divorce was finalized and he changed | 12 | | his middle name of Lincoln to Lloyd after his mother's side of | 13 | | the family; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Frank Lloyd Wright attended Madison High School, | 15 | | but never received a degree; he was
admitted to the University | 16 | | of Wisconsin-Madison as a special student in 1886; he took
| 17 | | classes part-time for two semesters and worked with a professor | 18 | | of civil engineering; he left school
without a degree, but was | 19 | | granted an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the University | 20 | | in
1955; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Frank Lloyd Wright moved to Chicago to seek an |
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| 1 | | apprenticeship with the firm of Adler &
Sullivan; after two | 2 | | short interviews he became an official apprentice with the | 3 | | firm; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, On June 1, 1889, Frank Lloyd Wright married his | 5 | | first wife, Catherine "Kitty" Lee (Tobin) Wright; he received a | 6 | | loan of $5,000 from Louis Sullivan and built his first home in | 7 | | Oak Park; he later married Maude "Miriam" Noel Wright and then | 8 | | Olgivanna Lloyd Wright; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Frank Lloyd Wright went on to have his own | 10 | | practice in the Schiller Building on Randolph
Street in Chicago | 11 | | and took on many projects in the Chicago area; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Frank Lloyd Wright won the "Royal Gold Medal" in | 13 | | 1941 and the "AIA Gold Medal" in 1949; over the years, many of | 14 | | his
structures have also received the "Twenty-five Year Award", | 15 | | which showcases buildings that set a precedent; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Frank Lloyd Wright was known for his unique vision | 17 | | for urban planning in the United States,
including Illinois; | 18 | | his creative period spanned over 70 years; in addition to | 19 | | houses, he also designed
offices, churches, schools, hotels, | 20 | | museums, and other structures; there are 13 Frank Lloyd Wright
| 21 | | properties that are open to the public in Illinois; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Frank Lloyd Wright has many properties open to the | 2 | | public, including the Dana-Thomas house
in Springfield, the B. | 3 | | Harley Bradley House in Kankakee, the Kenneth Laurent House in | 4 | | Rockford, his home and studio, Unity Temple in Oak Park, the | 5 | | Pettit Memorial Chapel in Belvidere, the Frank L
Smith Bank in | 6 | | Dwight, the Muirhead Farmhouse in Hampshire, and the Fabyan | 7 | | Villa in Geneva; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 9 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE | 10 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the Frank Lloyd Wright | 11 | | properties that are open to the public in Illinois as part of | 12 | | the Frank Lloyd Wright Trail.
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