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Timeline of Frank Lloyd Wright's Life
1867
1876
1885
- Wright's parents divorce and he changes his given name to Frank Lloyd Wright to reflect his mother's name and heritage.
1887
1889
1890
1891
1893
1894
- First exhibition of Wright's work is held at the Chicago Architectural Club (on the web)
1895
1896
1902
1905
- Designs Unity Temple, Oak Park, IL
- Wright and his wife make their first trip to Japan
- Designs Lawrence Memorial Library, Dana House, Springfield, IL (on the web)
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
- Wright begins building a new home and studio near Spring Green, WI, calling the complex "Taliesin" (on
the web)
- Moves into the complex with Borthwick Cheney
1912
- Wright opens an office in Chicago
1913
1914
- A Taliesin servant kills Mamah Borthwick Cheney, her two children and four workers, after setting fire to Taliesin, which Wright begins rebuilding after one month
- Wright meets Maud Miriam Noel through her writings to him, and she eventually moves into Taliesin
1916
- Wright sails to Japan with Miriam Noel and opens a office in Tokyo
- Wright begins work on the Imperial Hotel
- Begins design of the Hollyhock House for Aline Barnsdall, Los Angeles, CA
1922
- Wright returns to America from Japan and opens an office in Los Angeles
- Frank Lloyd Wright and Catherine Wright are finally divorced
- Wright marries Maud Miriam Noel
1923
1924
- Wright leaves LA for Arizona
- Wright separates from Miriam Noel, who moves back to LA
- Wright meets Olgivanna Lazovich who subsequently moves into Taliesin
1925
- Wright begins divorce proceedings for Miriam Noel Wright
- Second major fire occurs at Taliesin due to faulty wiring and Wright again rebuilds Taliesin
1926
- Wright's divorce proceedings go horribly awry and Wright and Hinzenberg are arrested near Minneapolis for allegedly violating the Mann Act. They spend several nights in Hennepin County jail
- Wright starts work on his autobiography
1927
- Wright and Maud Miriam Noel Wright are divorced
1928
- Wright and apprentices begin construction of a scale model of a section of Broadacre City
- Wright marries Olgivanna Lazovich
- Miriam Noel dies
1932
- Wright's works An Autobiography and The Disappearing City are published
1934
- The first issue of Taliesin, a magazine founded by Wright, is published by Taliesin Press
- Designs "Fallingwater" House for Edgar J. Kaufmann, Bear Run, PA
1935
- Construction of the Broadacre City model continues at "La Hacienda" in Chandler, AZ
1936
1937
- Wright purchases 800 acres of land in Scottsdale, AZ and design and construction of Taliesin West begins
1939
1940
1943
1944
1949
- Wright wins gold medal of the American Institute of Architecture
- Ayn Rand's book The Fountainhead is adapted for the screen, with Gary Cooper starring as Howard Roark, a character based on Wright
1953
1954
- Wright is awarded an honorary doctorate of fine arts by Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- Designs Beth Sholom Synagogue, Elkins Park, PA
1956
- Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago declares October 17 "Frank Lloyd Wright Day"
The Guggenheim Museum has a final plan, New York, NY
- Designs Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Wauwatosa, WI
1957
- Wright is asked to design a cultural center to include and opera house, two museums, plus a post office and telecommunications building in Baghdad
1959
- Frank Lloyd Wright dies on April 9 in Arizona
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