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A
rare opportunity to get a fascinating glimpse of
Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural legacy in the countryside he so loved
during the Wright and Like, 2000:Spring Green Tour sponsored by the
Frank Lloyd Wright® Wisconsin Heritage Tourism Program (FLLW®WHTP).
Celebrating the anniversary of Wright’s birth (June 8), Wright and
Like, 2000: Spring Green Tour features three days of exciting events
including a luncheon with Pedro Guerrero at Monona Terrace; a panel
discussion at the Frank Lloyd Wright® Visitor Center and a gala event
at Hilltop in Spring Green; and interior tours of private homes and
public buildings in the area which inspired Wright’s work; Spring
Green.
Thursday
June 8, 2000
Luncheon and Conversation with Pedro E.
Guerrero
12 - 1:30 p.m. Monona Terrace
Community & Convention Center - Madison
$25 per person - reservations required.
| Guerrero was just 22 years old when he
landed a job as Wright’s photographer. On that serendipitous day in
1959, Guerrero found his life’s work and a personal and professional
relationship with Wright that lasted nearly two decades.
Shortly after he was hired, Guerrero
became a member of Wright’s apprentice school for architects, the
Taliesin Fellowship. This special entrée enabled him to observe Wright
not only in his role as master architect, but also as a father, friend,
husband and mentor.
Join
Guerrero for lunch and conversation as he discusses his experiences with
Wright. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Frank Lloyd Wright®
Wisconsin Heritage Tourism Program and Friends of Monona Terrace.
Following the luncheon, Guerrero and Wright author Dixie Legler will be
available to autograph books in the Monona Terrace Gift Shop An
exhibition of Guerrero’s photographs, organized by the Wisconsin
Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letter, is also on display in the
convention center.
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Friday
June 9, 2000
Wright
and his influence in Wyoming Valley — Panel Discussion
5-5:45
p.m., Frank Lloyd Wright® Visitor Center, Hwy 25 at County Hwy C
in Spring Green FREE
Join
a discussion focusing on the impact and influence of Frank Lloyd Wright
on the Spring Green area. Panelists include Jack Holzhueter, a Wright
specialist on the staff of the Wisconsin State Historical Society and
former resident of Wright’s Lamp House in Madison; Hannah Lee,
Taliesin guide and Spring Green resident; and Carol Tarr, Taliesin guide
and summer resident of Spring Green.
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Gala
Event
6-8
p.m., Hilltop Conference Center, Hwy 23 Spring Green
$50 per person - reservations required
Meet
Pedro Guerrero, Wright’s personal photographer, and Dixie Legler,
author of several Wright books, at this gala evening hosted by FLLW®
WHTP. Hilltop, the hillside home and conference center designed by Herb
Fritz, architect and Wright apprentice, overlooks the Wyoming Valley.
Guests will enjoy wine and hors d’oevres while experiencing the
captivating natural beauty of the landscape that so inspired Wright and
his associates.
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Saturday
Tour - June 10, 2000
Self
guided driving tour
10
a.m. - 4 p.m., tour headquarters at the Frank Lloyd Wright® Visitor
Center, Hwy 23 at County C, Spring Green
$35
per person for advance reservations. $40 per person day of. Tickets will
also be available at the Wright and Like counter in the Frank Lloyd
Wright® Visitor Center from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Tour
private homes and public buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and
Taliesin apprentices and architects including Robert Graves, James
Charles Montooth, William Wesley Peters, James Pfefferkorn, Joseph Lyman
Silsbee John W. Thompson and Marcus Weston. Guides will be present at
each site to present information about the buildings, See site details
below.
For
reservations, please call the Frank Lloyd Wright® Wisconsin Heritage
Tourism Program office at (608) 221-4111 or visit our Website at
www.WrightInWisconsin.org. Proceeds from Wright and Like 2000: Spring Green
Tour benefit the Frank Lloyd Wright® Wisconsin Heritage Tourism
Program, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote, protect
and preserve the heritage of Frank Lloyd Wright, his genius and
architecture, located in his native state of Wisconsin.
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LLOYD WRIGHT® VISITORS CENTER
Frank Lloyd Wright 1955
Visitor
Center photo. Place file Visual Materials Archive State
Historical Society of Wisconsin
The
Frank Lloyd Wright® Visitor Center was originally designed by
Wright in 1955 to be a restaurant. In 1957, construction began
on the site which previously housed a small store and gas
station. Due to Wright’s death in 1959, the project remained
uncompleted until the late 1960s. The building was completed by
the then Taliesin Associated Architects as the Riverview Terrace
Restaurant In 1995, the Taliesin® Preservation Commission
purchased the building and converted it into the Frank Lloyd
Wright® Visitor Center.
Wyoming
Valley Grammar School
Frank Lloyd Wright 1956
Wyoming
Valley Grammar School Photo Herbert Jacobs Collection State
Historical Society of Wisconsin
Wyoming
Valley Grammar School is the only Frank Lloyd Wright designed
public school building. Now privately owned, the school is
rarely open to the public, built principally of concrete block,
the school features two classrooms, a large all-purpose room and
a fireplace in the central hallway. Wright-like models designed
by students of the UW V/-Milwaukee School of Architecture will
be on display.
Unity
Chapel
Joseph Lyman Silsbee 1886
Unity
Chapel photo. Howe Co Collection State Historical Society at
Wisconsin
This
chapel is famous for being one of the first structures
associated with Wright, who, it is said, handled the interior
design. It was created as a family and community chapel by
Wright’s mother’s family (the Lloyd Joneses), and the
adjacent cemetery is a resting place for family members and
members of the Taliesin Fellowship as well. Guided tours of the
cemetery will be conducted by Wright author and scholar Mary
Jane Hamilton and Wright educator Mary Ann McKenna.
The
Pinery
James Pfefferkorn 1998
Situated
in the pine woods on a point near the Wisconsin River east of
Spring Green, the two-story, wooden Pinery is a compact house
with magnificent views. Architect James Pfefferkorn conceived
the octagonal plan in the 1980s and found a willing client for
the design in one of the tour guides at Taliesin.
RATTLESNAKE
RIDGE Robert Graves
1985
Robert
Graves created The Glass House at Rattlesnake Ridge with its
dramatic views for a couple who lives there and also runs Little
Valley Farm, a native plant nursery. Natural prairie and gardens
enhance the stone, wood, and glass structure, which like
Wright's houses seamlessly blend indoors and outdoors. Graves
has spent a lifetime at and around Taliesin, where his father
ran the farm.
CASSELL
PRAIRIE FARM John W. Thompson
1860-1900s
Restored
prairies, bluffs, stone follies, barns and outbuildings surround
the frame farmhouse on the Cassell Prairie Farm. The original
farmhouse dates from the 1860s, with an addition from about
1910. Rear living quarters were added in the 1980s. Then in the
middle 1990s, Madison architect John Thompson added a
traditional-looking entrance and a Wright-style living area,
swimming pool and two screened pool houses. |
Drive
by Sites - You may also drive
by these
spectacular buildings, influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright
and created by Taliesin Architects.
| Site |
Architect |
| Spring Green Community
Library |
Charles Montooth |
| M&I Bank |
Wesley Peters |
| St. John's Church |
Wesley Peters |
| Spring Green Pharmacy |
Jim Pfefferkorn |
| Senior Center |
Marcus Weston |
| Post House |
Wesley Peters |
TOUR HEADQUARTERS
The
Visitor Center will also act as the Wright Like 2000: Spring Green Tour
head quarters. Also, Shining brow Booksellers will have it's Annual
Book Sale featuring
an an exclusive collection of rare and used, and out-of-print books and
periodicals by and about Frank Lloyd Wright® available for purchase in
the Visitor Center. All profits from this sale will benefit the Frank
Lloyd Wright® Heritage Tourism Program.
PLEASE
NOTE: Tours of the Taliesin estate are NOT included in Wright And Like
2000. For Taliesin tour information and reservations, please call
608-588-7900.
ADVANCED REGISTRATION
Advanced registration is highly recommended to
avoid sell-outs. For ticket information call the Frank Lloyd Wright
Wisconsin Heritage Tourism Program Office, (608) 221-4111. Tickets and maps will
be sent after May 1st. Sorry no cancellations.
Mailing Address: FLLW WHTP P0 Box 6339 Madison,
WI 53716-0339
SUNDAY
JUNE 11 - RELATED EVENTS
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Jacobs
I - "Wright at Home" Program
An
opportunity to join Susan Jacobs Lockhart for a Champagne brunch
Sunday June 11, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the garden of the first
Usonian residence designed for her parents, Herbert &
Katherine Jacobs, in Madison, WI. The house will be open for
touring, and Susan will share her experiences growing up in the
house as a very young child. Reservations limited. $40 per
person. Reservations can be made together with the Wright and
Like Spring Green Tour or by calling Frank Lloyd Wright Building
Conservancy office. Proceeds benefit “Wright at Home”
program of the Frank Lloyd Wright building Conservancy, in
cooperation with “Wright and Like.”
The Seth Peterson
Cottage Frank Lloyd
Wright 1958
The
Seth Peterson Cottage in Lake Delton will host an open house and
tours from 1-4 p.m. Cost is $2 per person. Guides give the
history and tours of the uniquely restored vacation home
overlooking Mirror Lake, designed by Wright in 1958. http://www.sethpeterson.org |
Related Sites
While you are in the area, you may wish to visit
some of these Wright sites, which are 1 - 2 hours drive from Spring Green.
Taliesin (Spring Green)
for tour program information contact http://www.taliesinpreservation.org
or call
608-588-7900.
Seth Peterson Cottage (Lake Delton In
Mirror Lake State Park) for information contact http://www.sethpeterson.org
Unitarian Meeting Mouse (Madison)
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center
(Madison) for tour program and information contact http://www.mononaterrace.com/
Past Tours:
Wright and Like 1999 -
Milwaukee
Wright
and Like 1998 - Racine
Wright and
Like 1997 - Madison
Wright and
Like 1996 - South Central WI
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