Historic Crimes

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright was an architectural genius who designed and oversaw the construction of many famous buildings in the late 1800's and early 1900's. His beautiful designs and his knack for building one-of-a-kind structures made him very famous during his lifetime. That is why, in 1914, people were shocked to hear that Frank’s house–Taliesin–was set ablaze and seven of his friends and loved ones were murdered on the property. At the time, Frank Lloyd Wright’s mistress and her two children were living at the home. One of their own servants was responsible for the tragedy. In 1909, Frank Lloyd Wright left his wife and children for a woman named Mamah Borthwick Cheney. Mamah was the wife of one of Frank’s clients. She left her husband and took her two children to go live with Frank. The couple spent the next few of years traveling in order to avoid the negative stigma of their affair. Frank Lloyd Wright built Taliesin in 1911 in Spring Green, Wisc...