# Frank W. Thomas House: arched entry [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary Frank W. Thomas House: arched entry 1901 Photo 210 Forest Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois Widely acknowledged as Wright's first full-fledged Prairie Style home built in Oak Park, in the Frank W. Thomas House, we finally see the culmination of over a decade's worth of experimentation and honing. All of the hallmarks of the Prairie aesthetic are presented here in an organic, cohesive form that is pleasing to the eye. The arched entry at the centre is not the front door, but rather leads into a tiny courtyard where access to the front door is gained after turning left and climbing a stairway. There are three floors in the home, with the partially submerged ground \(or basement\) floor originally used as servants' quarters. The family's living quarters encompass the upper two floors \(below\), with all four bedrooms being arranged in a line on the top floor - design characteristics that would re-surface in many of Wright's later Usonian designs. ## Related artworks - [Armchair]() - [Avery Coonley House: dining room]() - [Avery Coonley House: front façade]() - [Avery Coonley House: garden area]() - [Avery Coonley House: living room]() - [Avery Coonley House: living room]() - [Avery Coonley House: primary bedroom]() - [Avery Coonley House: view from the garden]() - [Darwin D. Martin House: front]() - [Desk]() - [Dining chair]() - [Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio: exterior view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()