Farnsworth House

The Edith Farnsworth House is a historic house museum along the Fox River near , United States. Completed in 1951, it was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in the International Style and built as a weekend retreat for the nephrologist and physician Edith Farnsworth.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: house designed by Mies van der Rohe
  • Address: Plano

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Plano station and Plano Stone Church.

Railway station
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, also known as the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Depot, is an Amtrak intercity train station in , , United States. is situated 2 miles north of Farnsworth House.

Church
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The was constructed in 1868 to serve as the headquarters for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints under the leadership of Joseph Smith III. is situated 1½ miles north of Farnsworth House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plano and Fox.

Town
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is a city in , United States, with a population of 11,847 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the , being about 55 miles from Chicago. is situated 2 miles north of Farnsworth House.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , in the U.S. state of . It is located between the and the . is situated 2½ miles east of Farnsworth House.

Village
is a village in , , United States. It was incorporated on November 5, 2002, and had a population of 277 at the 2020 census. The village is part of the . is situated 2½ miles south of Farnsworth House.

Farnsworth House

Latitude
41.63502° or 41° 38′ 6″ north
Longitude
-88.53572° or 88° 32′ 9″ west
Inception
1951
Open location code
86HHJFP7+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 184780920
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1397013
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Farnsworth House” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فيلا فارنسورث”
  • Arabic: “منزل فارنسورث”
  • Aragonese: “Casa Farnsworth”
  • Bulgarian: “Фарнсуорт Хаус”
  • Bulgarian: “Фарнсуърт Хаус”
  • Catalan: “Casa Farnsworth”
  • Chinese: “範斯沃斯住宅”
  • Chinese: “范斯沃斯住宅”
  • Chinese: “范斯沃斯宅”
  • Chinese: “范斯禾夫宅”
  • Czech: “Farnsworth House”
  • Dutch: “Farnsworth House”
  • French: “Farnsworth House”
  • French: “Maison Farnsworth”
  • Galician: “Casa Farnsworth”
  • German: “Farnsworth House”
  • Hebrew: “בית פארנסוורת‘”
  • Hebrew: “בית פארנסוורת’”
  • Hungarian: “Farnsworth House”
  • Italian: “Casa Farnsworth”
  • Japanese: “ファンズワース邸”
  • Persian: “خانه فارنزورث”
  • Polish: “Dom pani Farnsworth”
  • Polish: “Farnsworth House”
  • Portuguese: “Casa de Edith Farnsworth”
  • Portuguese: “Residência farnsworth”
  • Portuguese: “Residência Farnsworth”
  • Russian: “Дом Фарнсуорт”
  • Slovak: “Farnsworth House”
  • Spanish: “Casa Farnsworth”
  • Thai: “Farnsworth House”
  • Thai: “ฟาร์นสเวิร์ทเฮาส์”
  • Turkish: “Farnsworth Evi”

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