Staircases
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Frank Lloyd Wright Screen
Charnley-Persky House Museum
The most commanding feature of the second floor hall is the 6 x 17 ft. screen, which conceals the stairway to the third floor. The balusters are attenuated, narrowing as they rise, and are similar in shape to the copper weed holders Wright was designing at the time.
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Three Staircases, Three Styles
Evanston History Center at the Charles Gates Dawes House
A soaring Jacobean-style staircase of dark oak sweeps around the immense great hall. It finishes in an upstairs balcony supported with beams in which the faces of the Four Apostles are carved. The servants’ stairway is narrow and steep, while a hidden stairway to the musician’s gallery is curiously small.