Walter Gerts House

The Walter Gerts House in River Forest, Illinois, the United States, was originally designed in 1905 by Charles E. White, who studied with Frank Lloyd Wright at his Oak Park studio.

[1][2] White went on to pursue a successful career as both an architect and writer about related matters, and designed several important buildings in Oak Park including the massive Art Deco post office in 1933.

[3] The house shows influences both from White's East Coast beginnings in its colonial symmetry and his training with Wright in the Prairie School of architecture.

"[5] In remodeling the house Wright totally re-configured the orientation of the central stairway and made major changes to the upstairs floor plan.

The central staircase features built in drawers on both sides of the landing and stained glass windows that match those surrounding the front door.