Waller Apartments

The Edward C. Waller Apartments are located from 2840 to 2858 W. Walnut Street in Chicago, Illinois. They were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1895 and named after Edward C. Waller, a prominent Chicago developer after the 1871 fire. Waller and Wright collaborated on the Waller apartments and the Francisco Terrace apartments[1] to execute Waller's pioneering idea of subsidizing lower income housing.[2] Each apartment was designed with a parlor, chamber (bedroom), dining room,kitchen, bathroom, and closets.[3]

Edward C. Waller Apartments

Some of the oldest buildings to be used for subsidized housing in Chicago, they received Chicago Landmark status on March 2, 1994.[4]

Notes

1. "Francisco Terrace". Frank Lloyd Wright Trust. Central offices: The Rookery, 209 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 118, Chicago, IL 60604. Retrieved July 6, 2020.CS1 maint: location (link)
2. Kamin, Blair (September 28, 1995). "FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT GEMS TO GET FACE LIFT". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 6, 2020. Located at 2840-58 W. Walnut St.-on a solid, but run-down block a mile northwest of the United Center-the Waller Apartments take their name from Edward Waller, who was responsible not just for many of the early skyscrapers in the Loop but also for pioneering the idea of creating subsidized housing for low-income residents.
3. • Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2, p. 29
4. Waller Apartments. City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division (2003). Retrieved on 2007-09-09.

References

• Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.031)