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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT PROJECT DRAWINGS

TYPE OF OCCUPANCY

John Geiger applied 72 categories of purpose to 1,125 Frank Lloyd Wright commissions. Classifications include 18 types of housing, 17 forms of civic buildings including churches, 29 terms for commercial structures, and 7 kinds of site planning, with other categories for decorative accessories, farm buildings, and site improvements. The categories of "Automobile" and "Patent" have been added to include in the results several types of projects not categorized by Geiger.

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Type of Occupancy Category CIVIC/Boathouse List

Lake: Lake Delavan Yacht Club [Lake Delavan, Wisconsin] (1902)

Lake: Municipal Boathouse [Madison, Wisconsin] (1893)

Lake: Lake Monona Boathouse [Madison, Wisconsin] (1893)

Yahara: Yahara River Boathouse, project [Madison, Wisconsin] (1905)