The Glencoe Historical Society has removed the name of Sherman Booth from a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed cottage after discovering the extent of Booth’s efforts to reduce the number of Black citizens from Glencoe roughly 100 years ago by using racially restrictive covenants. The cottage now located at in the Ravine Bluffs neighborhood was designed by the noted architect Wright as a gift to Booth, his friend and attorney. GHS took possession of the structure several years ago amid demolition fears. GHS officials said they were previously aware of the large decline in Glencoe’s Black population in the 1920s, but they […]
Name stripped from Frank Lloyd Wright cottage in Glencoe after historians discover racist past
