The Louis Sullivan Bungalow was a vacation home for noted

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Louis Sullivan Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloy ...

on the Gulf Coast in

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. It was listed on the

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for its association with Sullivan and

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...

, who both claimed credit for its design. It was built in the early 1890s and restored in the 1980s, but was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

References

* Storrer, William Allin. ''The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion''. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, (S.005)

Bibliography

Wright-Sullivan gems gutted
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'', September 8, 2005.
Hurricane Katrina devastates Gulf Coast region, severely compromises architectural landscape
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'', October 2005.

External links

* 1890s architecture in the United States Bungalow architecture in Mississippi Frank Lloyd Wright buildings Louis Sullivan buildings Houses in Jackson County, Mississippi {{mississippi-struct-stub