The Foster House and Stable is a Japanese-influenced house at 12147 South Harvard Avenue in the West Pullman

West Pullman, Chicago

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 neighborhood

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 of Chicago, Illinois

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, United States

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. The house was designed in 1900 by Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright

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 for Stephen Foster, an attorney who worked for real estate developer who helped to build this part of the West Pullman neighborhood. It was designated a Chicago Landmark

Chicago Landmark

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on May 9, 1996.