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Unity Temple

architect

Frank Lloyd Wright

location

Oak Park, IL

date

1906 (R:1904-06)

style

Prairie School

construction

masonry

type

Church
 
  147k. view, auditorium and entry volume, photo 1977, D. Stillman.
 
  147b. plan
 
  147d. general view, photo M. A. Sullivan.
 
   
 
   
  147q. entrance, photo 2000, M. Nilsen, U. Delaware.
 
  147f. exterior detail, clerestory piers, photo M. A. Sullivan.
 
  147h. auditorium, photo M. A. Sullivan.
 
  147r. auditorium, view toward corner, photo 2000, M. Nilsen, U. Delaware.
 

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