National Historic Landmark · single-family detached home · Plano, Illinois

Farnsworth House

Modernist house in Plano, Illinois, US. Built 1951 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Added to the National Register in 2004, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visit National Historic Landmark Built 1951 Listed 2004Neues BauenLudwig Mies van der Rohe

Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · Farnsworth House

The Edith Farnsworth House is a historic house museum along the Fox River near Plano, Illinois, United States. Completed in 1951, it was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in the International Style and built as a weekend retreat for the nephrologist and physician Edith Farnsworth. It is one of three private residences Mies designed in the U.S. and is cited as a major modernist work. The house is raised 5+1⁄4 feet (1.6 m) above the floodplain, with a minimalist exterior and a mostly open plan interior. The surrounding 62-acre (25 ha) estate also includes a visitor center and exhibit gallery. The estate is owned and operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places

Property type	Building
Address	14520 River Rd., Plano vicinity, IL
County	Kendall County
Listed	Oct 7, 2004
Reference number	04000867
Built	1951
Architect	Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Type of place	single-family detached home
Style	Neues Bauen
Designations	National Historic Landmark
Contributing resources	1 buildings, 1 sites
Standing	Yes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public

Address	14520 River Rd., Plano, IL
Coordinates	41.63500, -88.53573 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unit	Pullman National Historical Park · 48 mi · on Park Atlas

This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

Explore

Why you would stay

Map

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Reference

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 04000867. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.