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Herbert F. Johnson House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
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Nearest city	33 East Four Mile Road, Wind Point, Wisconsin
Coordinates	42°46′49.36″N 87°46′14.74″W / 42.7803778°N 87.7707611°W / 42.7803778; -87.7707611
Area	11.8 acres (4.8 ha)
Built	1938-1939 (1938-1939)
Architect	Frank Lloyd Wright
Architectural style	Prairie School
NRHP reference No.	75000076
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 8, 1975
Designated NHL	June 29, 1989

Wingspread, also known as the Herbert F. Johnson House, is a historic house in Wind Point, Wisconsin. It was built in 1938–39 to a design by Frank Lloyd Wright for Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr., then the president of S.C. Johnson, and was considered by Wright to be one of his most elaborate and expensive house designs to date. The property is now a conference center operated by The Johnson Foundation. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989.

Description and history

Wingspread stands near the center of the Wind Point peninsula, a triangular protrusion into Lake Michigan north of the city of Racine. The approximately 12 acres (4.9 ha) of landscaped grounds form an integral part of the architectural experience, having a landscaping plan also developed by Wright in emulation of a prairie setting. The house is approached from the north by a long winding drive. It consists of a central hub, from which four long arms radiate. Each of the wings originally housed a different function: parents' wing, children's wing, service wing, and guest wing, with the public spaces in the center. The hub appears as a domed structure, with clerestory windows on the sides, and a viewing platform at the top.

The house was built in 1938–39. Its construction was overseen by a young John Lautner. Wright's client, Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr. was also a corporate client, for whom Wright designed the Johnson Wax Headquarters Building in Racine, which was built at about the same time. The house, at 14,000 sq feet, is one of the largest of Wright-designed homes. It is also considered to be the last of Wright's Prairie School inspired designs, and was one of his most expensive residential designs.

The Johnson family donated the property to The Johnson Foundation in 1959 as an international educational conference facility. It is also open to the public for tours.

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989.

Gallery

• Interior view of chimney seeper and ceiling in main living area
• Entrance in 2016

See also

• List of Frank Lloyd Wright works
• List of National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Racine County, Wisconsin

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. ^ "Herbert F. Johnson House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on April 3, 2009. Retrieved December 31, 2007.
3. ^ Carolyn Pitts (January 29, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wingspread / Herbert F. Johnson House". National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) and Accompanying 14 photos, exterior and interior and of Frank Lloyd Wright with model, from 1980 and undated. (3.13 MB)
4. "Wingspread: Frank Lloyd Wright's Largest Prairie-Style House was Home to the Johnsons".
5. "Visiting". SC Johnson. Retrieved July 9, 2015.

• Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.239)

External links

• Official website
• Photos on Arcaid

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Racine County, Wisconsin
Historic districts	Burlington Downtown Historic District Historic Sixth Street Business District Kane Street Historic District Old Main Street Historic District Southside Historic District
Historic properties	Badger Building Burlington Community Swimming Pools and Bathhouse Eli R. Cooley House First Presbyterian Church Chauncey Hall Building Chauncey Hall House Hansen House Thomas P. Hardy House Franklyn Hazelo House Karel Jonas House Kaiser's Kate Kelly Lincoln School McClurg Building Mitchell Lewis Building George Murray House No. 4 Engine House Racine College Racine County Courthouse Racine Depot Racine Elks Club, Lodge No. 252 Racine Harbor Lighthouse and Life Saving Station Racine Public Library Rickeman Grocery Building St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Chapel, Guildhall, and Rectory St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church Shoop Building United Laymen Bible Student Tabernacle United States Post Office Uptown Theater Wilmanor Apartments Wind Point Light YMCA Building
National Historic Landmarks	Johnson Wax Headquarters Wingspread
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Racine County, Wisconsin and List of National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin

v t e Frank Lloyd Wright
List of works
Private houses	Adams, M. Adams, W. and J. Adelman Affleck Allen–Lambe Alsop Arnold Bach Bachman–Wilson Baird Baker Balch Baldwin Barton Bazett Beachy Becker Blair Blossom Bogk Boulter Boynton Bradley Brandes Broad Margin Brown Buehler Bulbulian Charnley Cheney Christie Cooke Coonley Copeland Crimson Beech Dana–Thomas Davidson Davis DeRhodes Dobkins Ennis Fabyan Fallingwater Fawcett Forest Foster Fountainhead Freeman Fredrick Fricke Friedman Fukuhara G. Furbeck R. Furbeck Gale, L. Gale, T. Gale, W. Gerts Gilmore Gillin Glasner Goetsch–Winckler Gordon Grant Graycliff Gridley Hanna–Honeycomb Hardy Haynes Heath Heller Henderson Heurtley Hickox Hills Hoffman Hollyhock Jacobs I Jacobs II Johnson Jones Kalil Keland Kentuck Knob Keys Kinney Kraus Lamberson Lamp Laurent Levin Lewis Lewis, L. Manson Marden D. D. Martin W. E. Martin May McBean McCarthy Millard Miller Millard, G. Moore Mosher Mossberg Murphy Neils Olfelt Palmer Pappas Parker Pauson Penfield Peterson Cottage Pew Pope–Leighey Rayward Rebhuhn Reisley Richardson Roberts Robie Roloson Rosenbaum Rudin Samara Sander Schaberg Schwartz Serlin Shavin Smith, G. W. Smith, M. Smith, R. Sondem Spencer Staley Stockman Storer Stromquist Sturges Sullivan Sunday Sutton Sweeton Tan-Y-Deri Thaxton Thomas Tomek Tonkens Tracy Trier Turkel Wall Walker Walser Walter Westcott Westhope Weltzheimer Willey Williams Willits Wingspread Winslow Woolley Wright, D. and G. Wright, D. and J. Wright, R. Wynant Yamamura Young Zeigler Zimmerman
Housing systems	American System-Built Homes Erdman Prefab Houses Fireproof House for $5000 Galesburg Country Homes Ravine Bluffs Development Suntop Homes Usonia Homes Textile block house
Other	Anderton Court Shops Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Arizona Biltmore Hotel Auldbrass Plantation Banff National Park Pavilion Beth Sholom Synagogue Child of the Sun at Florida Southern College Community Christian Church Como Orchard Summer Colony Coonley School Playhouse E-Z Polish Factory Eddie's House Fasbender Medical Clinic German Warehouse Guggenheim Museum Hillside Home School I Hillside Home School II Hoffman Auto Showroom Horse Show Fountain Humphreys Theater Imperial Hotel Jiyu Gakuen Girls' School Johnson Wax Headquarters Kundert Medical Clinic Lake Mendota Boathouse Lamp Cottage Larkin Administration Building Lawrence Memorial Library (Springfield, Illinois) Lindholm Service Station Lockridge Medical Clinic Marin County Civic Center Midway Barn Midway Gardens Riverview Terrace Restaurant Roberts Stable Rookery Building Romeo and Juliet Windmill Park Inn Hotel Pettit Chapel Pilgrim Congregational Church Price Tower Frank L. Smith Bank Teater Studio Unitarian Society Meeting House Unity Chapel Unity Temple V. C. Morris Gift Shop Waller Apartments Wyoming Valley School
Posthumous	Blue Sky Mausoleum Gammage Memorial Auditorium King Kamehameha Golf Course Clubhouse Massaro House Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center Sharp Family Tourism and Education Center
Unbuilt	Broadacre City Crystal Heights Gordon Strong Automobile Objective The Illinois Plan for Greater Baghdad Point Park Civic Center
Personal homes	Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Taliesin Taliesin West
Related	Taliesin Associated Architects Wasmuth Portfolio Prairie School Wright Building Conservancy Wright–Prairie School of Architecture Historic District UNESCO World Heritage Site Usonia
People	Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (3rd wife) Lloyd Wright (son) John Lloyd Wright (son) Anne Baxter (granddaughter) Eric Lloyd Wright (grandson) Maginel Wright Enright (sister) Richard Bock (associate) Mamah Borthwick (client and lover) Marion Griffin (associate) Walter Burley Griffin (associate) George Mann Niedecken Jaroslav Josef Polívka (associate)
Popular culture	The Last Wright: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Park Inn Hotel Shining Brow Loving Frank "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" Work Song: Three Views of Frank Lloyd Wright The Women The Wright 3
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