Pettit Chapel. William H. Pettit Mortuary Chapel This building defintely stands out in a cemetary. This building was built in 1906 as a memorial to Mr. Pettit by his wife Emma. The great thing about the Pettit Chapel is that you can drive up and see it almost any time. The day I was there, I was the only person around.
The low-hipped roof covers two big porches. I drove into Geneva after heading North from Springfield, Illinois that morning. This shows the sanctuary end of the chapel. Sorry. Return to FLW in Illinois Page Return to FLW Building Index Return to FLW Roadtrip Page. Frank Lloyd Wright's Westcott House. Graycliff - Wright on the Lake. The Graycliff Estate was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright between 1926-31 for Isabelle R. Martin, wife of industrialist Darwin Martin. The family owned the property until, after the deaths of Isabelle and Darwin Martin, their descendents sold the property (c. 1951) to the Piarist Fathers, an order of Roman Catholic Priests from Hungary, who used Graycliff as their motherhouse.
The Fathers altered the property substantially for their own uses, adding additional buildings and structures that obscured Wright’s vision for nearly fifty years. In 1997, with only a handful of elderly priests remaining, they put Graycliff up for sale. Although many people considered purchasing Graycliff, the only offer the Fathers received was from a developer, who wished to tear down the buildings to build condominiums on the prime lake front location. Carol Bronnenkant and her family were among those who looked at the property. From those meetings, the Graycliff Conservancy was born. Meyer May Presented by Steelcase. Barton House. Welcome to the Dana-Thomas House. Frank Lloyd Wright Stockman House Museum.
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