Robert and Suzanne Drucker House
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| Nearest city | Wilmette, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 42°4′54″N 87°44′41″W / 42.08167°N 87.74472°W |
| Built | 1954 |
| Architect | Harry Weese, Ben Weese (1963 addition) |
| Architectural style | International Style |
| NRHP reference No. | 13000715[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 18, 2013 |
The Robert and Suzanne Drucker House is an architecturally significant house in Wilmette, Illinois, United States. It was designed by architect Harry Weese for his sister Sue Drucker and her husband Robert. Brother Ben Weese designed an addition in 1963.
Sue (née Weese) Drucker was the younger sister of architect Harry Weese. In 1952, she and her husband Robert Drucker were living with their three children in an Evanston, Illinois apartment when they decided that they wanted to have a house. Her brother Harry Weese was an architect who started his own practice in 1947 following World War II. They chose to stay in the vicinity, selecting a site in nearby Wilmette, Illinois by her mother. Construction took much longer than expected, as Harry had to fire his contractor halfway through the project. The house was completed in 1954.[2]
Because Harry Weese was close with his family, he had a good idea of what Sue was looking for in a home. He designed the house to have many windows on the south so that it would always be filled with sunlight during the day. Although it is generally an open floor plan, rooms could also be closed off with accordion doors for privacy. In lieu of a garage—which Harry saw only as a storage building—Weese designed a carport with storage cabinets. In 1963, Harry and Sue's brother Ben Weese designed a second-floor wing with three bedrooms. Sue resided in the house until her death at the age of 100 in November 2023.[3]