HYDE PARK — The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Robie House is the first Chicago site to be nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The house at 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave. is one of 10 Frank Lloyd Wright sites nominated Friday for the recognition from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Representatives from UNESCO will visit Hyde Park this year to examine the building completed in 1910 to determine whether it has “outstanding universal value.”
The honor provides no protections or direct funding for the Hyde Park house and museum, but will require the owner, the University of Chicago, to preserve and protect the house.
“Frank Lloyd Wright is one of the defining architects of Chicago, and to have one of his greatest legacies be nominated as our city’s first UNESCO World Heritage site is reflective of the importance of his place in Chicago’s and in the world’s architectural heritage,” said Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a prepared statement.
The process was started in 2008 when the U.S. National Park Service put the 10 Wright sites on a tentative list for consideration.
A decision is expected in the summer of 2016.
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