Francis W. Little House
About This Building
A major Prairie house demolished in 1972 — its living room now lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Francis W. Little House in Peoria (1903) was one of Wright's most significant early Prairie houses — a large, richly detailed commission that demonstrated the full spatial ambition of the style. The house was demolished in 1972, but its extraordinary living room was salvaged and reconstructed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where it remains on permanent display. The library was acquired by the Allentown Art Museum in Pennsylvania. Together these two rooms are among the most visited Wright interiors in the world, even though the house itself no longer stands. Wright also designed a second, later house for Little in Wayzata, Minnesota (1913), which met a similar fate. The Peoria site is now a parking lot, but the travelsite photographs by Rick McNees document the house as it appeared before demolition.
Key Features
Living room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Library at the Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania
Demolished 1972 — documented by Rick McNees
One of the most visited Wright interiors in the world
Francis W. Little House, 1903
