Following the completion of the Johnson Wax Headquarters Building in Racine, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a home, known as Wingspread, for Herbert Fisk Johnson, Jr.
The house was given to the Johnson Foundation in 1959 and is used as an international educational conference facility.
The National Endowment for the Arts and National Public Radio originated in conferences held at Wingspread.
Unlike most Wright buildings, admission is free, though tours are limited to times when no conferences are scheduled. Also, tours are self-guided and photography is permitted inside and you are allowed to sit on the furniture.
Jill is standing in the cantilevered bedroom. It was Johnson’s daughter's room
The spiral staircase leads up to a windowed cupola, designed for the Johnson children. Incredibly, visitors (who fit) are allowed to go up in it.
The view from the top.
An original Wright-designed desk from the Johnson Wax Headquarters Building in Racine.
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