Orth House

Orth House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	42 Abbotsford Rd., Winnetka, Illinois
Coordinates	42°5′31″N 87°43′10″W / 42.09194°N 87.71944°WCoordinates: 42°5′31″N 87°43′10″W / 42.09194°N 87.71944°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1908
Architect	Griffin, Walter Burley
Architectural style	Prairie School
NRHP Reference #	76000708[1]
Added to NRHP	October 8, 1976

The Orth House is a historic house located at 42 Abbotsford Road in Winnetka, Illinois. Walter Burley Griffin designed the Prairie School house, which was built in 1908. Griffin was a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, and he designed the Orth House shortly after starting his own studio; the house consequently resembles Wright's work more closely than Griffin's later work does. The one-and-a-half story house's design features a stucco exterior with decorative stained wood, casement windows divided into geometric patterns, and an overall horizontal emphasis, all characteristic features of the Prairie School.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1976.^[1]

References

1. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Graham, James W. (October 7, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Orth House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved September 15, 2014.