John Garrett Thorpe & Associates Architectural Archive
1901-2012
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) Henry H. Richardson (1838-1886) William W. Boyington (1818-1898)
John G. Thorpe AIA (1944–2016) was an architect and historic preservation advocate who provided restoration and preservation design services on 55 buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and 68 by other Prairie School era architects. This collection consists of approximately 3000 drawings and project files representing 33 of the projects designed by Wright (including Wright’s Home and Studio, Unity Temple, and the Heurtley, Coonley and Tomek residences) in addition to 27 projects by the other Prairie School- and Victorian-era architects, such Richardson’s Glessner Residence, W.W. Boyington’s Hegeler Carus Mansion of 1876 and the Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Home.
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Architectural drawings, printed papers, black and white photographs, color photographs, toned photographs, correspondence, photocopies, negatives, maps, CD-ROMs and computer printouts.