F. F. Tomek House

Growing up in the Prairie State came with certain perks that only a handful of other places have in common. Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture, specifically residential homes. It’s well known to folks around the Chicagoland area that Frank Lloyd Wright and Oak Park are synonymous, but what isn’t greatly known is that there are many towns spread out across America with Great Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture. I mean C’mon think of The Guggenheim Museum across from Central Park, The SC Johnson Wax Building in Milwaukee, Falling Water in Mill Run, Pennsylvania, and my favorite Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin.
Well if you’ve followed me this far then I won’t hold out on you any longer. Take a walk through Riverside Illinois in the Fall or Spring and you will be treated to a free trip to an Art Museum on your walk. The F.F. Tomek House, also known as The Ship House or as the Ferdinand Frederick and Emily Tomek House, is an example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s prairie house. Designed in 1904 and construction finished in 1906, the Tomek House is a well-​preserved example of this prairie house. But don’t let me tell you all about it, get out there and see it yourself.
Enjoy