William and Jessie M. Adams House

The William and Jessie M. Adams House is a Prairie school style house located at 9326 South Pleasant Avenue in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

William and Jessie M. Adams House
General information
Location	9326 S. Pleasant Ave.
Construction started	1900
Completed	1901
Chicago Landmark
Designated	June 16, 1994

Description and history

The house was built between 1900 and 1901 and its design is credited to Frank Lloyd Wright, although there is some dispute about this. The squarish design, double-hung windows and sizeable third-floor attic were not standard features of Wright-designed homes at this time, and some scholars believe this home may have actually been designed by William Adams himself, who served as a contractor on several Wright homes.^[1][2]

The house was designated a Chicago landmark on June 16, 1994,^[3] and a Chicago Landmark plaque is embedded into the ground in front of the home.^[4]

In March 2014, the house was sold for $980,000 after being owned by the same family since 1952.^[5]

See also

• List of Frank Lloyd Wright works

References

1. Frank Lloyd Wright. An Autobiography, new and revised ed. (New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1943), p. 143, "[the casement] was not used at that time in the United States, so I lost many clients because I insisted upon it. The client usually wanted to double-hung (the guillotine window) in use then, although it was neither simple nor human."
2. "William and Jesse Adams House | Frank Lloyd Wright Trust". flwright.org. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
3. "Adams House". City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. Retrieved June 26, 2007.
4. "William and Jessie Adams House Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
5. LaTrace, A. J. (March 13, 2014). "Landmark Frank Lloyd Wright Designed Home Sells For $980K". Curbed Chicago. Retrieved August 18, 2017.

• Storrer, William Allin (1993). The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-77624-8. (S.048)

41.7240°N 87.6701°W / 41.7240; -87.6701

External links

• The Adams house from the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust website
• Youtube video from an appraiser of the area showing the exterior of the Adams house