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Sherman Booth House
Summer 1919
General information
Architectural style	Prairie School
Town or city	Glencoe, IL
Coordinates	42°08′42″N 87°45′51″W / 42.144963°N 87.764240°W / 42.144963; -87.764240
Completed	1916
Technical details
Floor count	3
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Frank Lloyd Wright
Main contractor	H. A. Peters and Company
Designations	Glencoe Honorary Landmark: April 9, 1993

The Sherman Booth House is a Prairie Style house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Glencoe, IL. The house was built as the primary residence for the family of Elizabeth K and Sherman M Booth II in 1916. Sherman Booth II was an attorney at the time for Wright. The house is the largest of six Wright-designed Prairie Style homes in the Ravine Bluffs Development.

Wright had originally designed a grander vision for the Booths in 1911 (known as Scheme 1), but due to the exorbitant cost ($125,000 in 1910) and a financial downturn in the Booths fortunes, he redesigned two existing structures in the design that was built (Scheme 2).

Architecture

The house has a square theme throughout including square door knobs. Unique to most Prairie styles homes at the time, the building is three stories high and has a rooftop deck, a rarity for Wright. Wright designed several pieces of furniture for the house including a dining room table/chairs, a library table, slatted wooden light sconces and a floor lamp reminiscent of a Japanese art print holder.

References

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3. "The History". Wright In Glencoe. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
4. "Sherman Booth house, Glencoe, Illinois | Taylor A. Woolley Papers". collections.lib.utah.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
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6. Peters, Kelsey. "Sherman Booth". Urban Nesting. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
7. "Library Table | RISD Museum". risdmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
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