{"id":2541,"date":"2015-10-31T22:54:55","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T02:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugagreenway.wordpress.com\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2023-01-03T15:30:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T20:30:16","slug":"frank-lloyd-wrights-dana-thomas-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/2015\/10\/31\/frank-lloyd-wrights-dana-thomas-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Lloyd Wright&#8217;s Dana-Thomas House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few weeks ago when I was in Springfield, Illinois for the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.housingeducators.org\">Housing Education Research Association (HERA)<\/a><\/span> conference I had the opportunity to visit the Dana-Thomas House. This is an amazing house! It was built from 1902-04 for Susan Lawrence Dana, a forward-thinking socialite. She gave Wright a \u201cblank check,\u201d which is reflected in the beautiful furnishings, light fixtures and windows. At 12,600 square feet and 35 rooms, one might think they had many guest rooms. Not so. According to the tour guide, guests were not invited to spend the night, but rather sent back home on the train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4099.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4099.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4087\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4099.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/2015\/10\/frank-lloyd-wrights-dana-thomas-house\/img_4099\/\" class=\"wp-image-4087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4099.jpeg 760w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4099-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Dana-Thomas House (Photo credit: Pamela Turner)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4137.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4137.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4088\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4137.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/2015\/10\/frank-lloyd-wrights-dana-thomas-house\/img_4137-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-4088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4137.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4137-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4137-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Dana-Thomas House (Photo credit: Pamela Turner)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is something very serene about a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. This\u00a0house contains many features of the Prairie School, like low roofs, sloped gables, bands of windows, open interior spaces, and natural wood. Like other structures designed by Wright, there are numerous design features that connect with nature. The dominant shapes are butterflies, a favorite of the family, and the Sumac plant, which is found on the prairie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4100.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4100.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4089\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4100.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/2015\/10\/frank-lloyd-wrights-dana-thomas-house\/img_4100\/\" class=\"wp-image-4089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4100.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4100-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4100-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Dana-Thomas House (Photo credit: Pamela Turner)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4101.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4101.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4090\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4101.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/2015\/10\/frank-lloyd-wrights-dana-thomas-house\/img_4101\/\" class=\"wp-image-4090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4101.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4101-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4101-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Photo credit: Pamela Turner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4138.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4138.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4091\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4138.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/2015\/10\/frank-lloyd-wrights-dana-thomas-house\/img_4138\/\" class=\"wp-image-4091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4138.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4138-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/img_4138-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Close-up of Copper work (Photo credit: Pamela Turner)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stained glass windows, panels and lighting fixtures were beautiful. Unfortunately I couldn\u2019t take photos of the interior&nbsp;in the blog; however,&nbsp;there are some great photos @ <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dana-thomas.org\/\">Dana-Thomas House<\/a>.<\/span> Other sources of information on Wright and the Dana-Thomas House are:&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.illinois.gov\/ihpa\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Illinois Historic Preservation Agency<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>and<span style=\"color: #008000;\">&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.franklloydwright.org\/\">Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cI believe myself that I have learned from my mistakes the most. You never learn anything from your successes.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">~ Frank Lloyd Wright<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago when I was in Springfield, Illinois for the Housing Education Research Association (HERA) conference I had the opportunity to visit the Dana-Thomas House. This is an amazing house! It was built from 1902-04 for Susan Lawrence Dana, a forward-thinking socialite. 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