The Reverend Jesse R. Zeigler Residence is a
Frank Lloyd Wright house in
Frankfort, Kentucky
Frankfort is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, United States, and the seat of Franklin County. It is a home rule-class city; the population was 28,602 at the 2020 census. Located along the Kentucky River, Frankfort is the prin ...
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The Zeigler house is the only Frank Lloyd Wright structure built in
Kentucky during the lifetime of the famous architect. The design came from a chance meeting between Zeigler and Wright while both were traveling to Europe in late October 1909. They struck up a conversation and the commission of this structure, completed the following year, was the result.
The structure is a typical example of Wright's "
A Fireproof House for $5000
"A Fireproof House for $5000" is an article and house design by Frank Lloyd Wright published in the ''Ladies' Home Journal'' in April 1907. It is Wright's third and final publication in the journal following " A Home in a Prairie Town" and "A Sm ...
".
The structure was placed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The house is privately owned and is not available for tours.
Gallery
File:Rev JR Zeigler House First Floor.jpg, First floor plan
File:Rev JR Zeigler House Second Floor.jpg, Second floor plan (non-original, enclosed rear porch has been removed since 1972
See also
*
List of Frank Lloyd Wright works
References
* Storrer, William Allin. ''The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion''. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, (S.164)
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Houses completed in 1909
Houses in Frankfort, Kentucky
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
National Register of Historic Places in Frankfort, Kentucky
Prairie School architecture in Kentucky
Frank Lloyd Wright buildings
1909 establishments in Kentucky