Waller Apartments

Address: 2840-58 W. Walnut St. Year Built: 1895 Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: March 2, 1994

Commissioned by prominent real estate developer Edward Carson Waller to meet the demand for affordable housing, these apartments are considered among the earliest examples of subsidized housing in Chicago. The simplified design of the facade indicates the departure of the young architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, from traditional design toward the more-abstract, modern principles for which he was later internationally known.