WRIGHT AND LIKE 2002:  A Wisconsin Road Trip   Saturday June 8, 2002                         - Last updated April 16, 2002

Homes and Buildings Tour - Saturday, June 8, 2002 Tour Headquarters Online Reservations Rare & Used Book Sale Area Information Related Events Related Sites Past Tours  Area Map This is an extraordinarily opportunity to get a fascinating glimpse of Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural legacy in South Central Wisconsin. The Wright and Like, 2002: A Wisconsin Road Trip is sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright® Wisconsin Heritage Tourism Program. The tour celebrates Wright's birthday weekend and features rare interior tours of the following private homes & buildings: Seldom available for tours, Frank Lloyd Wright's homes in South Central Wisconsin celebrate the late period in Wrights career, with a 2002 Wright inspired home by Architect Helmut Ajango, and the "Little Jewel Box", Louis H. Sullivan's Farmers & Merchants Union Bank.    Homes and Buildings Tour    Ticket prices are: $40.00 per person (members after May 1st) $45.00 per person (non-members after May 1st) Tour private homes and building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Guides will be present at each site to present information about the buildings, See site details below. For reservations, please call the Frank Lloyd Wright® Wisconsin Heritage Tourism Program office at (608) 287-0339. Proceeds from Wright and Like 2002: A Wisconsin Road Trip benefit the Frank Lloyd Wright® Wisconsin Heritage Tourism Program, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote, protect and preserve the heritage of Frank Lloyd Wright, his genius and architecture, located in his native state of Wisconsin. Tour subscribers will see the following buildings:.  Farmers & Merchants Union Bank, Columbus (Louis H. Sullivan, 1919) The Smith House, Jefferson (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1950) The Greenberg House, Dousman (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1954) The Arnold House, Columbus (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1954) The Jackson House, Beaver Dam (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1956) The Lia House, Jefferson area (Helmut Ajango, 2002)   Click here to download the tour brochure (PDF format) Final details are subject to change!  Lois Davidson Gottlieb Photography Exhibition - June 6-9, 2002 At the L.D. Fargo Library in Lake Mills an important exhibition of photography by Lois Davidson Gottlieb, a Taliesin apprentice in 1948-49 is on display. The photographs, from 40-millimeter color slides taken by Gottlieb, record Wright, his buildings, associates and apprentices during this period and form the basis for the recently published book, “A Way of Life: An Apprenticeship with Frank Lloyd Wright, 1948-49”. Lois Gottlieb first became aware of the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright while an undergraduate in Stanford University’s pre-architecture program. She then spent two years as a Wright apprentice and later received a graduate degree from Harvard University’s design program. She returned to San Francisco to build a career that included designs for more than 100 residential projects. Tour Headquarters - Saturday, June 8, 2002 Stoppenbach Park, South Wilson Avenue and East Linden Drive in Jefferson will be the tour headquarters on June 8th. Tour tickets, limited refreshments, a display of rare books from Shining Brow Booksellers and selected items from Monona Terrace Gift Shop will be for sale.   Drive-by Sites Two buildings not on the tour but along the route merit special attention: the Jefferson Public Library (1911), 305 W. Main, Jefferson, is a unique example of the Prairie School style designed by the regionally important firm of Claude and Starke and the Mode Theater (1938), Hwy 69, Waterloo, designed by John Flad and Associates of Madison and is a fine example of the Art Moderne style. Visitors can view these sites from the road or may take a closer look.   Annual Rare and Used Book Sale Shining brow Booksellers will again have it's extensive collection of rare and used, and out-of-print books and periodicals by and about Frank Lloyd Wright® available for purchase. All profits from this sale will benefit the Frank Lloyd Wright® Heritage Tourism Advanced & Online Tickets / Registration Purchasing tickets in advance is highly recommended to avoid lines the day of the tour and sell-outs.  For ticket information call the Frank Lloyd Wright Wisconsin Heritage Tourism Program Office, (608) 287-0339. Tickets and maps will be sent after May 1st.  Sorry no cancellations. The online reservation option ended Tuesday June 4th.   We needed to stop selling tickets over the web this morning because we can't on the mail system to deliver them in time for Saturdays event. You can still purchase tickets by calling our Madison, Wisconsin office at (608) 287-0339. Then you can pick up your ticket packet at the Wright and Like Tour Headquarters in the pavilion at Stoppenbach Park in Jefferson, Wisconsin. Stoppenbach Park is adjacent the Smith House (which is on our tour). NOTE: Our Madison office has extra volunteer staffing during the week of June 3rd. However, you may still get voice mail.  Please don't hesitate to leave a message and the volunteers or staff will get back to you as soon as possible. Mailing Address: FLLW WHTP P0 Box 6339 Madison, WI 53716-0339 Membership can be purchased online!   Our online services are provided courtesy of Shining Brow Booksellers.  We encourage you to buy your membership and event tickets online by selecting one of the links below. You will be transferred to the Shining Brow Bookseller website to complete your purchase.  PLEASE NOTE:  The Frank Lloyd Wright Wisconsin Heritage Tourism Program, Inc. will process your online purchase made through Shining Brow.  The charge will appear on your statement as: "FLW WI Heritage Progra"  Also, Shining Brow normally charges $4.30 Shipping on each order.  The shipping charge shows up when you "check out" for tickets and membership.  YOU WILL NOT BE CHARGED SHIPPING when we process your order. Click here to become a member    Area Information Travel Wisconsin Web Site   Related Events - Sunday June 9, 2002     Related Sites While you are in the area, you may wish to visit some of these Wright sites in Southern Wisconsin: Taliesin (Spring Green)  for tour program information contact http://www.taliesinpreservation.org or call 608-588-7900. Seth Peterson Cottage (Lake Delton In Mirror Lake State Park) for information contact http://www.sethpeterson.org Unitarian Meeting Mouse (Madison) Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center (Madison) for tour program and information contact http://www.mononaterrace.com/ Travel Wisconsin Past Tours: Wright and Like 2001: Delavan Lake Tour Wright and Like 2000: Spring Green Wright and Like 1999: Milwaukee Wright and Like 1998: Racine Wright and Like 1997: Madison Wright and Like 1996: South Central WI