Photos: Prairie School architecture in Iowa
The Historic Park Inn in Mason City, Iowa, is the only Frank Lloyd Wright hotel still standing. (Katherine Rodeghier/For Tribune, Chicago Tribune)
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Mason City, Iowa, experiences a renaissance based on the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, who found himself unwelcome there after scandal.
Frank Lloyd Wright is depicted in American Architect, a sculpture by Martha Pettigrew. It stands in Central Park opposite Wright’s only remaining hotel. (Katherine Rodeghier/For Tribune, Chicago Tribune)
A ribbon of windows brings light into a guest room at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Historic Park Inn. (Katherine Rodeghier/For Tribune, Chicago Tribune)
Tours of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Historic Park Inn in Mason City include the Skylight Room. (Katherine Rodeghier/For Tribune, Chicago Tribune)
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Floated-sand plaster walls in a fan pattern are found throughout the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Historic Park Inn in Mason City. (Katherine Rodeghier/For Tribune, Chicago Tribune)
The Stockman House, the only Prairie-style Frank Lloyd Wright home in Iowa that is open to the public, was built before the architect created a scandal and was asked to leave in Mason City. (Katherine Rodeghier/For Tribune, Chicago Tribune)
The Yelland House, by William Drummond, is the first of many Prairie Style homes built by Wright’s associates after he was banished from Mason City. (Katherine Rodeghier/For Tribune, Chicago Tribune)
The Harry Page House, by Walter Burley Griffin, is in the Rock Crest-Rock Glen National Historic District in Mason City. (Katherine Rodeghier/For Tribune, Chicago Tribune)