323 S Central Avenue Avenue, Richland Center, WI 53581

Description

In Frank Lloyd Wright's hometown, architecture is not decoration. It is conviction. Abiel Krouskop built this Prairie-style residence with exactly that ? a self-made industrialist who spent decades living above his store, then chose this corner of downtown Richland Center with intention, and a certain competitive satisfaction. The result is one of the most ambitious homes of its era in the region: beige brick with finger-laced corners, quarter-sawn oak at every turn, parquet floors, pocket doors, three fireplaces, and a staircase that has outlasted everyone who's climbed it. After Krouskop's death in 1930, the mansion became the Pippin Clinic, tending to the town it had a...