Harley Bradley House

The Harley Bradley House (1900) is one of Wright's earliest and most significant Prairie houses, built in Kankakee, Illinois — 60 miles south of Chicago. Commissioned by Warren Hickox's brother-in-law Harley Bradley, it was designed the same year as the neighboring Warren Hickox House, and the two together mark Wright's decisive break from Victorian convention toward the horizontal Prairie vocabulary. The broad overhanging eaves, strong banding, and integration of porch and garden are all hallmarks of what would become the Prairie Style. The house is now operated as a restaurant, making it one of the rare Wright buildings where visitors can experience the interior over a meal.