Events › Frank Lloyd Wright In Buena Park: The Lost Husser House

In 1899, Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Husser House on Buena Avenue in Chicago. This design is considered a pivotal work, with connections both to Wright’s early work, influenced by the ideas of his mentor Louis Sullivan, and to his mature Prairie-period work of the next decade. Despite its importance, the Husser House was demolished in the 1920s and largely forgotten. Using digital recreations and other imagery, this talk, which takes place just three blocks directly west of the house’s site, will discuss the structure’s place in Wright’s work, as well as its place in the development of the neighborhood in which it stood.

John H. Waters, AIA, is preservation programs director at the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy. He works with homeowners and building stewards of Wright buildings around the country to facilitate the preservation of the architect’s work. He is also a Buena Park resident.

Photo by John Waters