14520 River Rd., Plano, Illinois. County/parish: Kendall.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 07, 2004. NRIS 04000867.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing site.
The Edith Farnsworth House (also the Farnsworth House) is a historical house designed and constructed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between 1945 and 1951. The house was constructed as a one-room weekend retreat in a rural setting in Plano, Illinois, about 60 miles (96 km) southwest of Chicago's downtown. The steel and glass house was commissioned by Edith Farnsworth. The house is owned and operated as a house museum by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Mies created a 1,500-square-foot (140 m2) structure that is widely recognized as an exemplar of International Style of architecture. The retreat was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006, after being listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Over the years, the house has received critical acclaim, being named one of Illinois's 200 great places by the American Institute of Architects' Illinois chapter.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893258