In 1887 a man from Richland Center, Wisconsin came to Chicago in search of a prosperous career. He had no set arrangements in the city, very little architectural training, and a promise that he would send money home to his family living in Madison. In only four days this man found a job with a well-known architectural firm. (McDonough 29) With this, Frank Lloyd Wright decided that Chicago would be the city that he uses as his sanctuary for the rest of his career. Not only would Chicago develop as a gallery of over 100 of his architectural masterpieces, but it also served as his laboratory in making structures all over the world. (Frank Lloyd Wright page online) The architect's choice of dwellings was equally beneficial to the city as it was to him. He is credited to bringing thousands of tourists to Chicago and Oak Park, IL each year. (Samuels online) Wright would not be the famous architect he is today without the connections and breakthroughs that he made while in !
             Chicago. Throughout his entire seventy-year career, Frank Lloyd Wright used Chicago to develop both his life and his unique style of architecture.
             Although he spent the majority of his life here, Frank Lloyd Wright is not a Chicago native. He was born in Richard Center, Wisconsin on June 8, 1867. His father, William Cary Wright was a preacher and a musician. His mother Anna Lloyd Jones was a teacher. He also had two younger sisters, Jane and Maginel. (Brief Biography page online)
             The Family did not have a long-term home. In the first ten years of his life, Wright lived in a variety of places such as Rhode Island, Iowa, and Massachusetts. It wasn't until 1878 when his family settled in Madison, Wisconsin. When he was eleven years old, he spent the summer with his uncle James Lloyd Jones on his farm. It was here where Wright developed a love for architecture. Later Wright claimed that this was a very important time to him saying:
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