Frank Lloyd Wright's Glencoe Booth Cottage, saved from demolition, is moving this week

2020-07-20T18:34:00-04:00

It’s a small victory for Frank Lloyd Wright fans, but a victory nonetheless: A Wright-designed cottage, previously threatened with demolition, will be moved — wheeled, actually — to a new location Tuesday in north suburban Glencoe.

Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin has some good news for readers who feared that Frank Lloyd Wright's 1913 Booth Cottage may have already met the wrecking ball after its previous owners filed for a demolition permit last year.

Previously on Archinect: Frank Lloyd Wright's Booth Cottage could face wrecking ball after new owner files for demolition permit

"The building’s new owners, the nonprofit Glencoe Historical Society, plan to restore the cottage’s exterior and eventually convert its interior into a museum and research center," Kamin writes.

Moving the cottage starts on Tuesday, July 21st at 8 AM, and mask-wearing spectators are welcome to watch the historic building move down the road.

View this post on Instagram Mark your calendars! The Booth Cottage is moving on Tuesday, July 21st starting at 8:00 a.m. Spectators are welcome to watch the house move down Franklin Road to the park in areas designated by Public Safety provided they wear masks and observe ...

Frank Lloyd Wright's Booth Cottage could face wrecking ball after new owner files for demolition permit

2019-05-24T14:53:00-04:00

The new owners of a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed cottage in north suburban Glencoe have formally requested permission to tear down the 106-year-old home, a village official confirmed Wednesday. Wright, widely considered America’s greatest architect, designed the Sherman Booth Cottage, a flat-roofed, one-story frame house, in 1913. It served as a temporary home for Booth, who developed the architect’s Ravine Bluffs neighborhood in Glencoe, including Booth’s permanent home.

"If the Booth cottage were to be demolished, it would mark the second time in two years that a building by Wright had been torn down," writes Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin.

"The Village of Glencoe has indicated that the demolition permit application is incomplete," reports the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy on its website. "When completed, it is anticipated that a 180-day demolition delay period will be triggered due to the home’s honorary landmark status."

The 106-year-old Cook County building was also recently included in the Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois, a list published annually by Landmarks Illinois.

View this post on Instagram The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Booth Cottage is one of two properties in Glencoe LI has included on its 2019 Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois. The home, built in 1913, is currently for sale and unprotected, making it at risk for tear-down and redevelopment. The home is modest in size but si...

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Frank Lloyd Wright's Glencoe Booth Cottage, saved from demolition, is moving this week

Frank Lloyd Wright's Booth Cottage could face wrecking ball after new owner files for demolition permit