The Frank Lloyd Wright Campus of Florida Southern College

The Frank Lloyd Wright Campus of Florida Southern College (HM8U5)

Location: Lakeland, FL 33803 Polk County
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Country: United States of America
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N 28° 1.913', W 81° 56.968'

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At Florida Southern College is located the largest collection of buildings on one site ever created by Frank Lloyd Wright, one of America's foremost architects. Wright's plan for the campus is the only tangible example of his community planning ideas, termed "Organic Architecture." His concept was to decentralize the city by distributing urban functions to rural areas and to utilize new technologies in the building trades. Wright's involvement at the campus was the result of urgings from Ludd M. Spivey, then president of the college. Wright insisted that the college's individual buildings reflect their environment through the use of "native materials all universally adapted to the uses of young life." Eighteen buildings, only seven of which were completed, were planned for the campus. The Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, begun in 1938, was the first to be built, and the Polk Science Building, completed in 1959 during the presidency of Charles T. Thrift Jr., was the last. Later buildings on the campus were designed by Nils Schweizer, an eminent Florida architect and student of Wright. The Florida Southern college Architectural District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
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HM NumberHM8U5
Series This marker is part of the National Historic Landmarks series
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Marker NumberF-275_MARKER
Year Placed1976
Placed ByFlorida Southern College in cooperation with Department of State
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 at 1:22am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 406671 N 3101097
Decimal Degrees28.03188333, -81.94946667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 28° 1.913', W 81° 56.968'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds28° 1' 54.78" N, 81° 56' 58.08" W
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Area Code(s)863
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 954-998 Johnson Ave, Lakeland FL 33803, US
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