Property Record
4050 LIGHTHOUSE DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL |
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| Reference Number: | 10719 |
| Location (Address): | 4050 LIGHTHOUSE DR |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Wind Point |
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| Year Built: | 1965 |
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| Survey Date: | 1994 |
| Historic Use: | elementary, middle, jr.high, or high |
| Architectural Style: | Prairie School |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | TALIESEN ASSOCIATES; Charles Montroth |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. The Prairie School is an independent, coeducational college preparatory day school located in Wind Point. Designed by Taliesin Associated Arechitects, the school retains the Frank Lloyd Wright architectural concepts, including elliptical and circular-shaped walls of reddish Streator brick and cypress. One large circular building houses the lower and middle schools. They are joined to another semicircular building which houses the upper, or high school. At one end is the school's circular library. In the circles are open, round courtyards. SEE ZIMMERMAN #918 FOR AERIEL VIEW. ORIGINAL SHAPE WAS 2/3 CIRCLE. CONSTRUCTION DATE: 1965-1991. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) ZIMMERMANN, RUSSELL "THE HERITAGE GUIDEBOOK" (HERITAGE BANKS 1976). (B) Dave Luhrssen, "Prairie School of Racine: Quality Education Built on Trust," Exclusively Yours, June 1992, 36-41. (C) Interview with Mary Kenngott, Director of Institutional Advancement for the Prairie School, March 1994. Racine Landmarks Preservation Commission, Racine Frank Lloyd Wright and Prairie School Architecture Tour Guide, 1994. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |