Taliesin (studio)
Studio and home of Frank Lloyd Wright in Spring Green, Wisconsin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Taliesin (/ˌtæliˈɛsɪn/), sometimes known as Taliesin East, Taliesin Spring Green, or Taliesin North after 1937, is a historic property located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the village of Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States. It was the estate of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright and an extended exemplar of the Prairie School of architecture. The expansive house-studio set on the brow of a ridge was begun in 1911; the 600-acre (240 ha) property was developed on land that previously belonged to Wright's maternal family.
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Location | 5607 County Road C Spring Green, 53588 in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States |
Coordinates | 43°08′28″N 90°04′14″W |
Built | 1911–1959 |
Visitors | 25,000[1] (in 2009) |
Governing body | Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation |
Criteria | Cultural: (ii) |
Designated | 2019 (43rd session) |
Part of | The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright |
Reference no. | 1496-003 |
Region | Europe and North America |
Designated | March 14, 1973 |
Reference no. | 73000081[2] |
Designated | January 7, 1976[2] |
With a selection of Wright's other work, Taliesin became a listed World Heritage Site in 2019 under the title "The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright".