Frank Lloyd Wright's  SAMARA

Usonian Designs of the John and Catherine Christian Home

Danville, Illinois
September 10 - October 24, 2004

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), America’s greatest architect, developed in his later years a Usonian style — affordable housing for the United States (USonian) that blended art, nature and architecture into a home that reflected the needs of the resident. 

In 1954, he incorporated an abstract design of a winged seed (“samara,” left) into a Usonian home for a young couple, Dr. John and Catherine Christian, in West Lafayette, Indiana.

To share the results of Wright’s remarkable creativity, Dr. Christian is offering Danville an exhibit of furniture, accessories, fabrics, drawings and blueprints from his Usonian home.  The exhibit is supplemented with a month of programs, workshops, tours, and other events to celebrate the genius of Frank Lloyd Wright and the generosity of Dr. Christian.