Foster & Glidden

01/05/2022

Unity Temple Talks - Buffalo Projects Delay Unity Temple

David Sokol talks about Buffalo, NY
and FLWright and his consultants
going to NY....

Foster & Glidden is mentioned in video

https://youtube.com/watch?v=IkRmklWwEko&feature=share

07/09/2019

Glidden's are proud of this announcement and the UNESCO awards and becoming a world heritage site, as official announcement this weekend!..

https://www.facebook.com/594362047311375/posts/792380100842901/

In conjunction with the recent National Park Service announcement that 10 Frank Lloyd Wright sites across the country have been submitted to UNESCO as a World Heritage nomination, the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation (UTRF) has confirmed that one of them, Unity Temple in Oak Park, IL, will underg…

10/02/2018

10/02/2018

Here is the Willit's Home in 1901 Ladie's Home Journal

With work credited: by Foster & Glidden
for plumbing & heating

05/19/2017

Consultants to Frank Lloyd Wright

07/30/2015

This page is dedicated to Wilmot Glidden, and Foster and Glidden, in Oak Park. the history and his company he founded, He was one of the first contractors, inventors and engineers as consultants to Frank Lloyd Wright, credits include working on Unity Temple, and Darwin D. Martin house, starting from 1893 to 1910. Look for more pictures and history to come!
This page was created and managed by the Glidden's and his family, great grandchildren, and his great grand daughter who still live in Oak Park, after 125 years! Read more on our story below!..

05/25/2015

Happy Memorial Day!... two Glidden's, Wilmot's sons Ben and Charles Glidden are on the War Memorial, in Oak Park. They are on there, both returned safely to Oak Park. See the page with pictures we created, by me and the Glidden family, with photos taken for them and all Oak Park! New stories are welcome!.... https://www.facebook.com/pages/War-Memorial-Oak-Park-IL/103334259735211

World War I, Memorial, Oak Park, IL

03/29/2015

Glidden's are proud of this announcement and this latest news!

Unity Temple is named as nomination as one of top 10 Wright sites, for UNESCO as a World Heritage nomination.

The list includes such iconic places as the Taj Mahal, Stonehenge and the Great Barrier Reef, as well as Yellowstone National Park, Grand Canyon National Park and the Statue of Liberty National Monument. The final decision on the designation will be made in summer 2017.

Foster & Glidden was the responsible firm for the plumbing, heating, and also is one of the parties responsible for the pouring concrete (structural) and also concrete, agregate, and aggregate exterior....and more recently (electrical) and wiring!...also the historic drawings at the Unity Temple foundation named them as the 'engineers' and authors of historic bluelines, prints. The Temple retains the labeled drawings, ones showing 'Foster & Glidden' labeled on the drawings archives dated 1906.

http://www.prairiemod.com/prairiemod/2015/02/unity-temple-announces-25-million-restoration-and-more.html

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-wright-unesco-kamin-met-0130-20150129-story.html

In conjunction with the recent National Park Service announcement that 10 Frank Lloyd Wright sites across the country have been submitted to UNESCO as a World Heritage nomination, the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation (UTRF) has confirmed that one of them, Unity Temple in Oak Park, IL, will underg…

03/18/2015

We will see you all there! at this online Frank LloydWright summit Mar. 25th and 26th! http://www.wrightsocietysummit.com/ It's free, and anyone can join, signup!

02/28/2015

Mar. 1st is Wilmot Glidden's Birthday! (1859-1939). He was
born the youngest of 9 children to Benjamin Glidden and
Frances Emma Stephens in Friendsville, Susquehannah, PA.
He was born during President Lincoln's time, and was 6 years
old during the 1865 Emancipation Proclamation. He grew up without electricity, which came later in 1878-80's. Horses were popular during that time and he grew up without a car. Even with all this environment and humble beginnings, his interests grew, for entreprenuership and led to his many technical inventions today!
Happy Birthday Wilmot! 156 years later!

01/24/2015

Enjoy this video!... Frank Lloyd Wright on the popular CBS game show What's My Line? aired in 1956. http://curbed.com/archives/2015/01/14/see-frank-lloyd-wright-compete-in-a-midcentury-game-show.php

On June 3, 1956, the midcentury starchitect Frank Lloyd Wright appeared as a mystery guest on the popular CBS game show What's My Line? A panel of four blindfolded...