Born in Oak Park, Illinois, Prairie architect John S. Van Bergen was a student of Frank Lloyd Wright as well as an architect who came into his own using the influence of Wright, Walter Burley Griffin and William Drummond. Van Bergan's genius is seen in the lovely Bersbach House located at 1120 Michigan Avenue in nearby Wilmette, Illinois. These great scanned photographs are courtesy once again of Dixie Legler's wonderful book Prairie Style. Legler writes that Van Bergen wanted entering one's home to be a simple act of extravaganza and that is what we see here based on the pictures of inside the home. Dark mahogany and tiny amounts of stained glass made to look like a puzzle dot the home and its wonderful atmosphere. It is pretty elaborate and classy and my favorite touch has got to be the grand staircase. This, indeed, is not ordinary home.
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