238 Forest: Peter A. Beachy House (1906)

When Wright first encountered this site there was a large Gothic home sitting on the lot. Wright had it razed but kept the foundation upon which he built this home for banker Peter Beachy. Wright may have inherited the off-street entrance of the home, but aside from that this works stands on its own.

Wright use of leaded glass is noticably missing on the street side of this home. In its place are large and in my opinion clumsy wooden windows with large wooden muntins. The quadruple gabled roof seems to detract from the overall presentation of the home but even if considering these as faults, the building still soars above its contemporaries.