National Register of Historic Places
Robie, Frederick C., House
Robie, Frederick C., House is a historic place in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966, and designated a National Historic Landmark. Its National Register reference number is 66000316.
Location 01
Robie, Frederick C., House
Drag to explore · scroll to zoom · select a marker
About this place
What is Robie, Frederick C., House?
The Frederick C. Robie House is a historic house museum on the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the Prairie style, it was completed in 1910. The house was built for the manufacturing executive Frederick Carlton Robie and his family. George Mann Niedecken oversaw the interior design, while associate architects Hermann von Holst and Marion Mahony also assisted with the design. The Robie House, described as one of Wright's best Prairie style buildings, was one of the last structures he designed at his studio in Oak Park, Illinois.
Source: Wikipedia, text available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
The record
Listing details
- Name
- Robie, Frederick C., House
- City
- Chicago
- County
- Cook County
- State
- Illinois
- Listed on the National Register
- October 15, 1966
- NRIS reference number
- 66000316
- Resource type
- building
- National Historic Landmark
- Yes
- Coordinates
- 41.78983, -87.59589
When was Robie, Frederick C., House listed on the National Register?
Robie, Frederick C., House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
Where is Robie, Frederick C., House located?
Robie, Frederick C., House is located in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois at approximately 41.78983, -87.59589. See the map above.
Is Robie, Frederick C., House a National Historic Landmark?
Yes. Robie, Frederick C., House is designated a National Historic Landmark, the highest federal recognition for a historic place.
Nearby on the register
More historic places in Illinois
- Compton, Arthur H., House
- Millikan, Robert A., House
- Lillie, Frank R., House
- Hitchcock, Charles, Hall
- Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory, The University of Chicago
- St. Thomas Church and Convent
- First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction, Site of
- Taft, Lorado, Midway Studios
- University Apartments
- Hyde Park-Kenwood Historic District
- Heller, Isadore H., House
- Poinsetta Apartments