{"id":114329,"date":"2023-09-14T10:49:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T14:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/?p=114329"},"modified":"2026-03-04T13:17:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:17:53","slug":"066-frank-lloyd-wright-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/066-frank-lloyd-wright-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Object 66: Frank Lloyd Wright House for Disabled World War II Veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-awb-color-custom-8-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">This story is part of our series celebrating America\u2019s 250th anniversary. Find more captivating stories from the VA History Office at <em><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/freedom-250\/\">Freedom 250<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image114329_23b38e-76.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image114329_23b38e-76 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:699px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image114329_23b38e-76.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image114329_23b38e-76 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image114329_23b38e-76 figure{max-width:699px;}.kb-image114329_23b38e-76 .image-is-svg, .kb-image114329_23b38e-76 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image114329_23b38e-76 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}.kb-image114329_23b38e-76 img.kb-img, .kb-image114329_23b38e-76 .kb-img img{border-top:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-image114329_23b38e-76 img.kb-img, .kb-image114329_23b38e-76 .kb-img img{border-top:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-image114329_23b38e-76 img.kb-img, .kb-image114329_23b38e-76 .kb-img img{border-top:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image114329_23b38e-76\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-FLW-house.png\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-FLW-house.png?resize=1400,934\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-FLW-house.png?resize=1400,934\" alt=\"Photos of the front (top) and interior (bottom) of the Illinois house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for Navy Veteran Kenneth Laurent after World War II. Laurent was left paralyzed by a tumor on his spinal cord. (laurenthouse.com)\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-114331\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271920%27%20height%3D%271281%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201920%201281%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271920%27%20height%3D%271281%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-FLW-house.png?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-FLW-house.png?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-FLW-house.png?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-FLW-house.png?resize=1400,934 1400w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-FLW-house.png?resize=1536,1025 1536w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-FLW-house.png 1920w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Photos of the front (top) and interior (bottom) of the Illinois house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for Navy Veteran Kenneth Laurent after World War II. Laurent was left paralyzed by a tumor on his spinal cord. (laurenthouse.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/100-objects\/object-46-draft-of-gi-bill\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"107523\">GI Bill<\/a> became <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/featured-stories\/edith-nourse-rogers\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"113372\">law<\/a> in 1944, Veterans struggled at first to take advantage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/housing-assistance\/home-loans\/\" rel=\"noopener\">home loan<\/a> provisions. This part of the bill was intended to help returning service members purchase a home by guaranteeing 50 percent of their mortgage. However, the law capped the guaranty at $2,000, an amount that was too small to be useful at a time when the high demand for the nation\u2019s limited supply of housing sent real estate prices soaring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the loan had to be paid off within 20 years, leading to monthly mortgage payments that were beyond what many Veterans could afford. In late 1945, Congress revised the law, doubling the guaranty to $4,000 and extending the mortgage period to 25 years. Thanks to these changes and improvements in the housing market, almost a million Veterans were able to secure a VA-backed loan in 1946-47.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even after Congress addressed the shortcomings in the loan program, however, home ownership remained too expensive a proposition for one cohort of Veterans\u2014those with <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/100-objects\/object-19-best-years-movie-poster\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"104416\">permanent disabilities <\/a>that left them dependent on a <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/curator-corner\/artifact-collection\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"103755\">wheelchair <\/a>for mobility. The VA estimated that it had roughly 2,400 World War II Veterans in its care that were paralyzed from the waist down due to spinal cord injuries. An indeterminate number of Veterans with other kinds of wartime wounds were likewise reliant on wheelchairs. Many of these service members remained in VA or <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/100-objects\/64-public-health-service\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"114138\">military hospitals<\/a> after the war, in part because they lacked housing that could accommodate their disability.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1947, Congress turned its attention to addressing the needs of this group. During the summer, the House Committee on Veterans\u2019 Affairs held hearings on several bills that would provide some form of assistance to Veterans in wheelchairs who required special housing. In July, the committee approved a measure proposed by Illinois Representative and World War I Veteran Richard B. Vail. His bill would entitle Veterans with qualifying disabilities to a government grant of up to $10,000 to cover 50 percent of the costs of buying a new home or remodeling an existing one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill passed the House, but not until the spring of 1948. Afterwards, it was referred to the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, which convened its own hearing on the legislation. During the hearing, a paraplegic Veteran named David Reiniger delivered a simple but powerful statement in support of the bill:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ordinary house has doorways that are too narrow. Bathroom fixtures are not adaptable to us. We need ramps to enter the house, . . . We need the rooms all on one floor: yes. And a house of that type costs a lot more money than the ordinary house. . . . Now this bill . . .&nbsp; would make it possible for most us to afford a house of that type.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same session, representatives from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans Association of America, and other Veterans <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/100-objects\/object-25-grand-army-of-the-republic-parade\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"104450\">organizations <\/a>all endorsed the measure. The Banking and Currency Committee reported favorably on the bill, noting that the government stood to save money in the long run. A disabled Veteran requiring hospitalization in a VA facility cost the government on average over $7,000 a year. But \u201cif a substantial number of such patients can be released to their own homes, the net long-range financial saving to the Government would be very large,\u201d the committee concluded. The bill became law in June 1948.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image114329_73c568-30.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image114329_73c568-30 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:796px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image114329_73c568-30.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image114329_73c568-30 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image114329_73c568-30 figure{max-width:796px;}.kb-image114329_73c568-30 .image-is-svg, .kb-image114329_73c568-30 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image114329_73c568-30 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}.kb-image114329_73c568-30 img.kb-img, .kb-image114329_73c568-30 .kb-img img{border-top:1px solid #1a1819;border-right:1px solid #1a1819;border-bottom:1px solid #1a1819;border-left:1px solid #1a1819;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-image114329_73c568-30 img.kb-img, .kb-image114329_73c568-30 .kb-img img{border-top:1px solid #1a1819;border-right:1px solid #1a1819;border-bottom:1px solid #1a1819;border-left:1px solid #1a1819;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-image114329_73c568-30 img.kb-img, .kb-image114329_73c568-30 .kb-img img{border-top:1px solid #1a1819;border-right:1px solid #1a1819;border-bottom:1px solid #1a1819;border-left:1px solid #1a1819;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image114329_73c568-30\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-Blueprint_Terrace.png\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1408\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-Blueprint_Terrace.png?resize=1400,399\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-Blueprint_Terrace.png?resize=1400,399\" alt=\"Blueprint of the Laurent house; view from the backyard terrace looking through the curved 55-foot-long window wall into the garden room. (neverleavetheclouds.com; laurenthouse.com)\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-114330\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271408%27%20height%3D%27401%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201408%20401%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271408%27%20height%3D%27401%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-Blueprint_Terrace.png?resize=300,85 300w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-Blueprint_Terrace.png?resize=600,171 600w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-Blueprint_Terrace.png?resize=768,219 768w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-Blueprint_Terrace.png?resize=1400,399 1400w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-Blueprint_Terrace.png 1408w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Blueprint of the Laurent house; view from the backyard terrace looking through the curved 55-foot-long window wall into the garden room. (neverleavetheclouds.com; laurenthouse.com) <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image114329_a5da19-83.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image114329_a5da19-83 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:322px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image114329_a5da19-83.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image114329_a5da19-83 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image114329_a5da19-83 figure{max-width:322px;}.kb-image114329_a5da19-83 .image-is-svg, .kb-image114329_a5da19-83 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image114329_a5da19-83 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}.kb-image114329_a5da19-83 img.kb-img, .kb-image114329_a5da19-83 .kb-img img{border-top:1px solid #1a1819;border-right:1px solid #1a1819;border-bottom:1px solid #1a1819;border-left:1px solid #1a1819;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-image114329_a5da19-83 img.kb-img, .kb-image114329_a5da19-83 .kb-img img{border-top:1px solid #1a1819;border-right:1px solid #1a1819;border-bottom:1px solid #1a1819;border-left:1px solid #1a1819;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-image114329_a5da19-83 img.kb-img, .kb-image114329_a5da19-83 .kb-img img{border-top:1px solid #1a1819;border-right:1px solid #1a1819;border-bottom:1px solid #1a1819;border-left:1px solid #1a1819;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image114329_a5da19-83\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-Frank-Lloyd-Wright.jpg\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1507\" src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-Frank-Lloyd-Wright.jpg?resize=1115,1400\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-Frank-Lloyd-Wright.jpg?resize=1115,1400\" alt=\"Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 1952. Although he designed hundreds of houses over a career spanning 70 years, the Laurent residence was the only one built specifically to accommodate an owner with disabilities. (NBC\/Getty Images)\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-114332\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%271507%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%201507%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%271507%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-Frank-Lloyd-Wright.jpg?resize=239,300 239w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-Frank-Lloyd-Wright.jpg?resize=478,600 478w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-Frank-Lloyd-Wright.jpg?resize=768,964 768w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-Frank-Lloyd-Wright.jpg?resize=1115,1400 1115w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-Frank-Lloyd-Wright.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Still photo of architect Frank Lloyd Wright from a 1953 television interview. Although he designed hundreds of houses over a career spanning 70 years, the Laurent residence was the only one built specifically to accommodate an owner with disabilities. (NBC\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the first nine years of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/housing-assistance\/disability-housing-grants\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Specially Adapted Housing<\/a> (SAH) program, around 6,500 World War II and Korean War Veterans used the grant money to acquire a wheelchair-accessible home. According to a <em>New York Times<\/em> report, this number represented about 90 percent of the disabled service members who were eligible for the funding. One Veteran who benefited from the program in a unique way was Kenneth Laurent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following his service in the Navy during World War II, Laurent was left paralyzed when surgeons removed a tumor on his spinal cord in 1946. While recuperating in a VA hospital, Laurent contracted with Frank Lloyd Wright to build a house for him and his wife Phyllis in their hometown of Rockford, Illinois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The one-story residence Wright designed featured many of the famed architect\u2019s signature touches\u2014an open floor plan, built-in furnishings, banks of tall windows to admit the natural light, and radiant heat in the flooring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Rockford house was one of more than 100 homes Wright built in this style. Yet, he also customized the home to make it wheelchair friendly. The extra-wide doorways, oversized shower stall, cabinets with hinged doors and drawers, lower-than-normal-height light switches, doorknobs, and bathroom fixtures, and other modifications combined to create a living space that allowed Laurent to surmount his physical limitations. He would later say about the house that it \u201chelped me to focus on my capabilities, not my disability. That is the true gift that Mr. Wright gave to me.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image114329_aea01d-91.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image114329_aea01d-91 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:309px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image114329_aea01d-91.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image114329_aea01d-91 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image114329_aea01d-91 figure{max-width:309px;}.kb-image114329_aea01d-91 .image-is-svg, .kb-image114329_aea01d-91 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image114329_aea01d-91 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}.kb-image114329_aea01d-91 img.kb-img, .kb-image114329_aea01d-91 .kb-img img{border-top:1px solid #1a1819;border-right:1px solid #1a1819;border-bottom:1px solid #1a1819;border-left:1px solid #1a1819;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-image114329_aea01d-91 img.kb-img, .kb-image114329_aea01d-91 .kb-img img{border-top:1px solid #1a1819;border-right:1px solid #1a1819;border-bottom:1px solid #1a1819;border-left:1px solid #1a1819;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-image114329_aea01d-91 img.kb-img, .kb-image114329_aea01d-91 .kb-img img{border-top:1px solid #1a1819;border-right:1px solid #1a1819;border-bottom:1px solid #1a1819;border-left:1px solid #1a1819;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image114329_aea01d-91\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-House-ramp.webp\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-House-ramp.webp?w=1400\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-House-ramp.webp?w=1400\" alt=\"House equipped with a ramp for wheelchair access. Since the inception of the Specially Adapted Housing program in 1948, almost 50,000 Veterans with qualifying disabilities have used it to purchase or modify a home. (news.va.gov)\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-114333\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%27788%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201400%20788%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%27788%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-House-ramp.webp?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-House-ramp.webp?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-House-ramp.webp?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/066o-House-ramp.webp 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>House equipped with a ramp for wheelchair access. Since the inception of the Specially Adapted Housing program in 1948, almost 50,000 Veterans with qualifying disabilities have used it to purchase or modify a home. (news.va.gov)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since its beginnings in 1948, the SAH program has enabled almost 50,000 Veterans to live independently in housing that has been modified to meet their needs. Over the intervening years, Congress has amended the law several times, increasing the size of the grants and expanding eligibility to include certain degenerative diseases and other medical conditions. For Kenneth and Phyllis Laurent, the house in Rockford, Illinois, that Frank Lloyd Wright built for them with SAH funding after World War II became their lasting home. They raised a family there and lived in the house for six decades, until their passing in 2012. In 2014, it was turned into a <a href=\"https:\/\/laurenthouse.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">museum<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the GI Bill became law in 1944, it included a home loan program for Veterans. After several changes to update the law to reflect current market prices and challenges, one area still needed addressed: support for Veterans who were dependent on wheelchairs for mobility. 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