WRIGHT AND LIKE 2001:  Delavan Lake Tour   Saturday June 9, 2001                         - Last updated May 30th, 2001

Homes and Buildings Tour - Saturday, June 9, 2001 Gala Evening Event - Saturday, June 9, 2001 Tour Headquarters Online Reservations Rare & used book sale Area Information Related Events Related Sites Past Tours  Area Map This is an extraordinarily rare opportunity to get a fascinating glimpse of Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural legacy in the Delavan Lake, Wisconsin area. The Wright and Like, 2001:Delavan Lake Tour is sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright® Wisconsin Heritage Tourism Program (FLLW®WHTP). The tour celebrates Wright's birthday weekend and features a full day of exciting events including interior tours of private homes and a gala evening boat tour of Delavan Lake aboard the Lake Lawn Princess (this event is limited to only 40 tickets). Seldom available for tours, Frank Lloyd Wright's cluster of summer homes and estates around Delavan Lake constitute the 2001 Wright and Like tour, with a 1994 Prairie Style home by Brian Spencer as an added attraction. The cluster's story began with Henry Wallis, a Chicago entrepreneur who purchased a large tract on Delavan Lake in the late 1890's, where he built an estate for himself (which he quickly sold) between 1897 and 1900, consisting of a boathouse (virtually unknown), house, and gatehouse. Then came the most famous group, the Fred B. Jones estate--boathouse, house, gatehouse, and stables dating between 1900 and 1903. Others included the Lake Delavan Yacht Club (demolished), the Charles S. Ross Cottage, and the George W. Spencer Cottage, all in 1902; and the A. P. Johnson House in 1905. Tour subscribers will see six Wright buildings plus the Tracy/Schwemm House by Brian A. Spencer, AIA / IAA of Madison.  Homes and Buildings Tour    Tour Hours: Noon - 4 p.m.  Tour Headquarters will be at the Lake Lawn Resort. directions/map Ticket prices are: $35.00 per person (members before May 1st) $40.00 per person (non-members before May 1st) $40.00 per person (members after May 1st) $45.00 per person (non-members after May 1st) Tickets can be purchased the day of the tour at the Wright and Like headquarters table at The Lake Lawn Resort from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Tour private homes and building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. 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) 287-0339. Proceeds from Wright and Like 2001: Delavan Lake 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. Tour subscribers will see six buildings by Wright, plus the Tracy/Schwemm House by Brian Spencer, AIA / IAA of Madison.  Recently added:  George W. Spencer House, 1902, Frank Lloyd Wright (exterior walk around only) Fred B. Jones House, 1901. A famous house, now restored to its original footprint. Semi-circular porches virtually surround the house, which has five bedrooms and three fireplaces. The use of boulders for the masonry elements relates to Wright's Chauncey Williams House in Forest Park. The foundation for the two-story Wright boathouse still exists on the lakeshore. Fred B. Jones Stables, 1903. The adjunct stables to the house sit behind a wall of boulders. Wright also used boulders for two small bridges on the property. Fred B. Jones Gatehouse, 1903. This property long ago was separated from the estate, but the present owners acquired it only this year and hope to restore it and the adjacent greenhouse and water tower to which it is connected by a porte cochere. Charles S. Ross Cottage, 1902. A substantial summer home with four bedrooms and two fireplaces, the Ross Cottage floor plan is identical to a cottage design for the Little Family of Wayzata, Minnesota. Schwemm House, 1994. Like the first dwelling Wright designed for Delavan Lake, this Prairie Style house was built as a speculative venture by Gordon Tracy, who sold it to the Schwemm family. Architect Brian A. Spencer, AIA / IAA of Madison is a longtime Wright historian and designer of homes in the Wright tradition. Henry Wallis House, 1900. This was Wright's less-elaborate, second, early Prairie Style design for Wallis. It has been sympathetically restored and landscaped in recent years. Wallis built the house on speculation and sold it to the Goodsmith Family before he occupied it.  NOTE: Problems with construction scheduling may cause this site to be exterior only or withdrawn from the tour Henry Wallis Gatehouse, 1901. This site featured fences, plantings, and a roofline reminiscent of early Wright houses in Oak Park.   NOTE: Problems with construction scheduling may cause this site to be exterior only or withdrawn from the tour Click here to download the tour brochure PDF format.  Final details are subject to change!  Gala Event  - Saturday Evening 5:00-7:00PM Join us for a very special boat ride tour of Delavan Lake aboard the Lake Lawn Princess.  Boarding at the Lake Lawn Resort, this catered event is limited to only 40 guests and will allow participants to view Wright’s architecture from a truly unique and breathtaking perspective.   Tickets for the Delavan Lake boat tour are $75 per person.  No discounts can be given for this limited seating event. Order tickets early by calling (608) 287-0339 Tour Headquarters Lake Lawn Resort will be the site of the Wright Like 2001: Delavan Lake Tour head quarters.  Tickets and maps to the buildings on tour will be mailed in advance of the tour. Annual Rare and Used Book Sale Shining brow Booksellers will again have it's extensive collection of rare and used, and out-of-print books and periodicals by and about Frank Lloyd Wright® available for purchase. All profits from this sale will benefit the Frank Lloyd Wright® Heritage Tourism Advanced & Online Tickets / Registration Purchasing tickets in advance is highly recommended to avoid lines the day of the tour and sell-outs.  For ticket information call the Frank Lloyd Wright Wisconsin Heritage Tourism Program Office, (608) 287-0339. Tickets and maps will be sent after May 1st.  Sorry no cancellations. Reservations can be made online!   The online reservation system will not be available after 10:00PM on Thursday June 7th.  To purchase tickets on the day of the event, please go directly to our headquarters tent in the parking area of Lake Lawn Lodge. The headquarters tent will only be open on June 9th from 11:00AM to approx. 3:00PM.  Thank you and hope you have a great tour with us.    Mailing Address: FLLW WHTP P0 Box 6339 Madison, WI 53716-0339 Area Information Area Map Delavan - Delavan Lake Area Chamber of Commerce The Geneva Lake West Chamber of Commerce Geneva Lakes Area Travel Wisconsin Web Site Related Events - Sunday June 10, 2001 The Parade of Homes at Middleton Hills, WI.  This planned community was founded by Marshall Erdman who built several buildings for Wright. The community contains neo -Prairie and Arts & Crafts Bungalows designed by the creators of the New Urbanism. Just west of Madison in Middleton, WI on Century & Frank Lloyd Wright Drive (aka Donna St.). The tour starts June 9th and runs thru June 24th.  Click here to visit the Parade of Homes Site  For more information on Middleton Hills visit: http://www.erdman.com/mhills/frame_mh.htm Related Sites While you are in the area, you may wish to visit some of these Wright sites in Southern Wisconsin: 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/ Travel Wisconisn Past Tours: Wright and Like 2000: Spring Green Wright and Like 1999 - Milwaukee Wright and Like 1998 - Racine Wright and Like 1997 - Madison Wright and Like 1996 - South Central WI