Walser House

Address: 42 N. Central Ave. Year Built: 1903 Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: March 30, 1984

Built four years after the suburb of Austin was annexed to Chicago, this is among the best of Wright's design experiments with inexpensive residences. Within a narrow lot, the house has all the features of his mature Prairie style: a horizontal emphasis resulting from deep roof eaves and bands of windows, a straightforward use of simple materials, and a spacious but efficient open interior plan. It was built for Joseph Jacob Walser, Jr., a printing executive.