George Blossom Garage
1322 East 49th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60615

Frank Lloyd Wright, 1907

In 1892 Wright designed a Colonial Revival residence for Blossom. (Its street address is 4858 Kenwood Avenue.) Fifteen years later he returned to design a garage in the Prairie style. The automobile was housed on the first floor, the chauffeur on the second.

Images courtesy of Jack Lesshaft.

References
• Storrer, William Allin. The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2002 (Third Edition). S.133 (the Blosssom House is S.014).

http://www.peterbeers.net/interests/flw_rt/Illinois/Blossom_Garage/blossom_garage.htm

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