Progress on the Burnham Block, Chapter 3

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Photos © Mark Hertzberg (2026)

Frank Lloyd Wright American System-Built house Model C3, 1835 N. Layton, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
May 28, 2026

Restoration of Frank Lloyd Wright’s American System-Built Model C3 house at 1835 N. Layton Boulevard in Milwaukee is well underway. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Burnham Block, which is steward of five of the six ASB structures on the block, gained its third (!) Save Americas Treasures grant for the work. The first grant was for restoration of the Model B1 Richards Small House next door at 2714 W. Burnham Street, and the second one was for the ongoing restoration of the Two Flat “Model C” at 2732-34 West Burnham, one of the four duplexes on the block.

I was accorded the privilege of photographing inside the C3 today, May 28. Links to two previous posts about the project, including photos of the interior before restoration began, are given after the photos from today:

One of the clues to documenting whether of not a home is an American System-Built or not
is that they were built on a 24″ grid, rather than having the studs 16″ on center.
The porch, which was fully enclosed during a remodeling, will be rebuilt with half walls,
as shown in the photo of the original construction, at the top of the article.
This is the original porch floor
The house has a hip roof. The original kitchen ceiling was found above the dropped ceiling from a remodeling.
This is a model of what the roof will look like after the restoration of the house.

LINKS:

https://wrightinracine.net/2025/11/10/progress-on-the-burnham-block/

https://wrightinracine.net/2026/05/03/progress-on-the-burnham-block-chapter-2/

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Burnham Block:

http://wrightinmilwaukee.org

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