Charnley-Persky House Museum — Attraction in Chicago

Went to check it out Wednesday at noon since they do a free tour. They started 10min early, so that was surprising and people got turned away who came on time. You'll enter through the patio door not the main door of the house. The tour went by a little slow for me, but I am not really patient. Lots of background information before we even started the tour. There were a few really cool architectural pieces like the wooden stairwell lit by the above skylight but there really isn't too...

Wonderful piece of significant architectural history and a very informative tour. The inside woodwork, fireplaces, and atrium are original. Everything else is new and because there were no early photos - not reproductions. That aside, the design of the interior and exterior spaces reflect both Sullivan and Wright. It’s an amazing synergy- albeit maybe much more Sullivan than Wright. Very much worth going on the tour to see the interior...

Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright are major figures in American architecture. Sullivan, Wright's architectural mentor, hired the younger man in 1887 as a draftsman to assist with producing construction drawings for the Auditorium Building (1887–1889) in Chicago. As a junior draftsman, Wright also assisted with residential commissions such as the James Charnley...