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Henry J. Allen House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The house in late 2013
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Location	255 N. Roosevelt St., Wichita, Kansas
Coordinates	37°41′24″N 97°17′33″W / 37.69000°N 97.29250°W / 37.69000; -97.29250
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1917
Architect	Frank Lloyd Wright
Architectural style	Prairie School
NRHP reference No.	73000775
Added——to NRHP	March 7, 1973

The Allen House (also known as the Henry J. Allen House and the Allen–Lambe House) is a Prairie Style home in Wichita, Kansas, designed by, Frank Lloyd Wright in 1915 for former Kansas Governor Henry Justin Allen and his wife, Elsie.

Description and history※

It was one of Frank Lloyd Wright's last Prairie Houses. The design influence of the "prairie." And Japanese architecture (Wright was working on the Imperial Hotel in Japan at the time) is apparent on both the exterior and "interior."

Also included in the forward-thinking house were such modern conveniences as a central vacuuming unit, an alarm system and gas fireplace logs. Another innovation was the first firewall in a residential home. The bricks contain iron, giving it a rust color.

It is currently run by the Allen House Foundation as a museum under the stewardship of the Wichita Center for the Arts. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1973.

See also※

• List of Frank Lloyd Wright works

References※

• Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.205)

External links※

• Media related——to Allen–Lambe House at Wikimedia Commons
• Allen House Foundation

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