Classroom, Hillside Home School II (1902)*

Artist/Designer: Frank Lloyd Wright

Project Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Figure 1: Hillside Home School. Source: Bryan, PrairieMod Photo Journal: A Fall Weekend at Taliesin in Spring Green, WI. 2007, Digital Image. Available from Prairie Mod. ( Source | Accessed : November 11, 2013 )

Figure 2: Hillside Home School. Source: Bryan, PrairieMod Photo Journal: A Fall Weekend at Taliesin in Spring Green, WI. 2007, Digital Image. Available from Prairie Mod. ( Source | Accessed : November 11, 2013 )

Figure 3: Hillside Home School. Source: Bryan, PrairieMod Photo Journal: A Fall Weekend at Taliesin in Spring Green, WI. 2007, Digital Image. Available from Prairie Mod. ( Source | Accessed : November 11, 2013 )

Figure 4: Hillside Home School. Source: Bryan, PrairieMod Photo Journal: A Fall Weekend at Taliesin in Spring Green, WI. 2007, Digital Image. Available from Prairie Mod. ( Source | Accessed : November 11, 2013 )

Figure 5: Hillside Home School. Source: Bryan, PrairieMod Photo Journal: A Fall Weekend at Taliesin in Spring Green, WI. 2007, Digital Image. Available from Prairie Mod. ( Source | Accessed : November 11, 2013 )

Figure 6: Hillside Home School. 2009, Digital Image. Avaliable from University Libraries, University of Washington. ( Source | Accessed : November 11, 2013 )

Figure 7: Hillside Home School. Digital Image, Available from Wikimedia. ( Source | Accessed : November 11, 2013 )

Figure 8: Hillside Home School. Source: Bryan, PrairieMod Photo Journal: A Fall Weekend at Taliesin in Spring Green, WI. 2007, Digital Image. Available from Prairie Mod. ( Source | Accessed : November 11, 2013 )

Style/Period(s):
Arts and Crafts

Primary Material(s):
Stone, Wood

Function(s):
Classroom, Education

Related Website(s):

Bluffton | Accessed : January 21, 2018

Frank Lloyd Wright | Accessed : January 21, 2018

Taliesin Preservation | Accessed : January 21, 2018

Significant Date(s):
20th Century, 1902

Additional Information:
Project Description:
Frank Lloyd Wright built the Hillside Home School II in 1902 for his aunts, Jane and Nell Lloyd-Jones. For the children who learned at the school, outdoor activities were a key part of the curriculum, and Wright's building reflects that connection to nature. The appearance of the school's exterior is residential - Wright included the same features here as he did on the private homes he built: stone foundation walls, lighter wood above, long horizontal windows that flood the interiors with light, hipped roofs with broad eaves. The interiors feature specialized classrooms for the various activities inside the school, smoothly linked by passages and flowing volumes.

Publications/Texts in Print:
Graves, Ben E. School Ways: The Planning and Design of America’s Schools. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1993.

Grosvenor, Ian, and Catherine Burke. School. London: Reaktion Books, Ltd., 2008.

Hille, Thomas R. Modern Schools: A Century of Design for Education. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011.

Building Address:
5607 Cty. Rd. C, Spring Green, WI 53588
The United States

Significant Dates:
1902- School opened.
1915- School closed.
1933- Wright incorporated the structure into his Taliesin Fellowship complex.

Tags:
Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin, prairie style, prairie modern, wood, stone, natural materials, organic

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