The A. D. German Warehouse is a

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designed

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that was constructed in

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in 1921. Wright was born in Richland Center in 1867. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

History

The design of the warehouse resulted from a required bill payment to Albert Delvino German by Wright. Designed as a warehouse for "storing and selling wholesale goods" the space was to include a "teahouse restaurant, retail shops, and an art gallery." Construction on the building began in 1917 with completion in 1921. Facing one of the main streets in Richland Center, the building is mostly concrete, veneered in brick with a Mayan-inspired concrete frieze "derived from masks of the rain-god Chac". The building exceeded its original construction estimate and later housed a gift shop, tearoom, art gallery and the Frank Lloyd Wright Museum under then-owner Harvey Glazner. Glazner, who died in March 2011, had kept the lower floor of the building as the shop and Frank Lloyd Wright Museum, but the building was not consistently open to the public. In 2013, Glenn Schnadt bought the building. In November 2015, the A.D. German Warehouse Conservancy (ADGWC) hired Isthmus Architecture, Inc., preservation specialists from

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. A condition assessment was performed and preservation plan was created for the building in 2017. Tours of the building are available May–October by appointment through the ADGWC.

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External links

A.D.German Warehouse Conservancy website
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A.D. German Warehouse on Travel Wisconsin - includes interior photographs
{{Authority control 1920s architecture in the United States 1921 establishments in Wisconsin Buildings and structures completed in 1921 Buildings and structures in Richland County, Wisconsin Frank Lloyd Wright buildings National Register of Historic Places in Richland County, Wisconsin

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