The architect’s own home on Oakland Avenue in Whitefish Bay, which was constructed in 1921, takes more than a little inspiration from a Frank Lloyd Wright-attributed house built for Henry Allen in Wichita, Kansas in 1917, which leads to questions.
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At the dawn of the 1920s, a few years after parting company with his employer and inspiration, Frank Lloyd Wright, architect Russell Barr Williamson was back in Milwaukee creating homes that are strikingly similar to works attributed to Wright.
Among these are his range of bungalows, which you can read about here, and his square plan houses – which I playfully dubbed “Baby Bogks” in this article – like the beautiful 1921 Shorewood home for Nathan Stein…