The Eugene A. Gilmore House

The Eugene A. Gilmore House, popularly known as the "Airplane" House, was built in 1908 in Madison, Wisconsin, and is regarded as a remarkable manifestation of Frank Lloyd Wright's mature Prairie school. Eugene Allen Gilmore, the client, was a law professor at the nearby University of Wisconsin Law School.

Unlike many of Wright's Prairie houses, which have an overarching horizontality, the E. A. Gilmore house has a monolithic verticality. Its odd shape is due to the topography of the area on which it rests. The home is built on a hill, and its internal areas are organized along two axes that cross at a central fireplace. Sharply pointed, prow-like balconies protrude from the dining room and east-facing bedrooms, while cantilevered roofs with darkly tinted soffits add to the structure's apparent heaviness.

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The Airplane House is located in the University Heights Historic District, on Ely Place and Prospect Avenue, just a short walk from other notable structures such as Louis Sullivan's Bradley House, George Fred Keck's Morehouse House, and other works by local architects.

Address: 120 Ely Pl, Madison, WI 53726, United States

Construction started: in 1908

Architectural style: Prairie School