Mrs. A. W. Gridley House

The Mrs. A. W. Gridley House is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed Prairie School home
in Batavia, Illinois.

This 5,100-square-foot house is on a 2.3 wooded acre lot, set well back from the street. Gridley
met Wright through P. D. Hoyt, owner of the P. D. Hoyt House in nearby Geneva. The Gridley house was built in 1906. Wright named the house "Ravine House", because of the sloping wildflower ravine to the south of the house. Gridley had financial problems and only lived in the house a short time. In 1912, the house was sold to Frank Snow, president of Batavia's Challenge Feed Mill and Wind Mill Company. Members of the family lived in the house until 1981. The property has been well maintained and any alterations have been well designed in keeping with the original integrity of the house. On February 3, 1993, the house was recognized by the National Park Service with a listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

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