Charnley-Persky House Museum
4.7 (84)museum
4.7 (84)Wednesday tours are free; reservations required via Eventbrite.
A rare collaboration between Louis Sullivan and a young Frank Lloyd Wright that helped usher in modern architecture.
Description
Set in Chicago's Gold Coast, this landmark residence serves as headquarters for the Society of Architectural Historians. The museum opens through guided tours that unpack the home's revolutionary transitional design from Victorian traditionalism to modernism. Walk-throughs center on the working relationship between Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright during Wright's time in Sullivan's drafting room, offering in-depth historical detail on how the 1892 structure emerged.
