Frederick C. Robie House

Landmark Context

Frederick C. Robie House enters Chicago's public landmark record at 5757 S Woodlawn Av. The current city data lists it as dating to a construction date of 1909 and credits Frank Lloyd Wright. It was designated on September 15, 1971. Frederick C. Robie House keeps domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change grounded in a real building even when the public record is brief.

Frederick C. Robie House becomes materially clearer through lot width, setbacks, porches, bays, and rooflines, the rhythm between neighboring houses, and alterations that show changing domestic use. Seen that way, the landmark helps explain how one domestic building can still clarify the growth of an entire residential block.

Research Starting Points

Frederick C. Robie House becomes a stronger research subject once the record expands into real-estate atlases and fire insurance maps, permit files and census or directory material, and historic photographs and neighborhood histories. Those records make it easier to test what changed, what remained, and how the building fit into a larger local story.

Frederick C. Robie House remains most useful when later evidence keeps returning to the site itself.