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


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... Alexander Walter via Archinect - News http://bit.ly/2HAEChW

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