Wisconsin Public Television explores the restoration of the American System-Built Homes, Model B1 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Click here to view the March 2009 broadcast on the web. Click here to view the December 2009 interior tour.   Coverage of the 2009 Save America's Treasures Grant Click here to view the December 30th, 2009 broadcast.

December 9th, 2009 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) and the National Park Service (NPS), jointly announced the awarding of $9.5 million in federal competitive Save America’s Treasures (SAT) grants.

 Frank Lloyd Wright Wisconsin is honored to be among the 41 organizations and agencies who will use the grants to conserve significant U.S. cultural and historic treasures, which illustrate, interpret and are associated with the great events, ideas, and individuals that contribute to our nation’s history and culture. 402 applications were submitted.

“Save America's Treasures invests in our nation's irreplaceable legacy of buildings, documents, collections and artistic works," said First Lady Michelle Obama, Honorary Chairman of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. “These awards empower communities all over the country to rescue and restore this priceless heritage, and ensure that future generations continue to learn from the voices, ideas, events and people represented by these projects." 

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A weekly newsletters will be published during the restoration.

Click here to view the current and past newsletters

Tour the ASBH, 
Model B1
at 2714 West Burnham on the 2nd Friday of each month and on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month. owing dates:

Click here for dates and complete tour information

FLLW-W would like to thank the following businesses, institutions, and organizations for their in-kind support of the restoration of Model B1. Please help us further thank them by supporting or patronizing their businesses:

Acker Millwork
Beyer Construction
Brass Light Gallery
Carpet Mill Outlet
Diamond Vogel Paint
Equitable Bank
Ginkgo Leaf Studio
Hallman Lindsay Paint
Layton Blvd West Neighbors
Milaegers
RitzHolman CPAs
Shining Brow Software
Uihlein Wilson Architects
University of Milwaukee - School of  Architecture & Urban Planning
Wallace Tree & Landscaping

The Frank Lloyd Wright Wisconsin Heritage Tourism Program would like to thank the following donors for their finacial support of the restoration of Model B1:

The American System-Built Homes, Model B1 restoration is one of the Official Projects of Save America's Treasures, the public-private partnership to protect America's threatened cultural treasures.

Lynn Anderson, Taliesin Fellow
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Patrick and Anna Cudahy Fund
Mae E Demmer Charitable Trust
Barbara Meyer Elsner Foundation
The Gardner Foundation
Helfaer Foundation
Richard & Ethel Herzfeld Foundation
Terry Hueneke Fund
Dorothy Inbusch Foundation
George LN Meyer Foundation
Wisconsin Preservation Fund
Annual Fund, & our Board of Directors