Solid Rock House in Winnetka, Illinois

Photographer / artist:

not recorded

Copyright:

all rights reserved

Source:

Walter Burley Griffin Society Inc. Collection, courtesy of Bob Meyer

Architects:

Walter Burley Griffin

Subject Date:

Image Date:

1910`s

Type:

B & W Photograph

Notes:

Built as a speculative house for William. F. Tempel. This house is built entirely of reinforced concrete and surmounted with a roof garden. The massive cubic style departed from Griffin’s earlier designs. The house has since had major alterations.