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Wingspread
Wind Point, WisconsinCompleted 1939
About This Building
The last and largest of Wright's Prairie houses — a pinwheel plan around a great central hall.
Wingspread was built for Herbert F. Johnson Jr., heir to the S.C. Johnson fortune, and is considered the last of Wright's Prairie houses. The plan radiates four wings from a central octagonal living hall like a pinwheel, with a massive central chimney rising through the space. Wright called it "the last of the Prairie houses." It is now a conference center operated by the Johnson Foundation.
Key Features
Last of the Prairie houses
Pinwheel plan around central hall
Johnson Foundation conference center
National Historic Landmark
Wingspread, 1939
