805. Glessner House, Chicago, Illinois

Dear Sam,

I found in glessnerhouse.org a delightful excerpt of Frances Glessner's diary about this National Historic Landmark located in Chicago and built by H.H. Richardson: Sunday October 24, 1886: "In the 

afternoon John, George and I went to the new house. 

We got a better idea of the work than we did the other visit—it is a beautiful building. We walked across the street to take a distant look and two ladies passed by 

us—one said to the other ‘there isn’t a single pretty 

thing about it.” Such will be the universal verdict 

I fear.”

The young Frank Lloyd Wright was swayed by this 

house when designing his first Prairie School houses.

Best regards,
R