Johnson Wax Headquarters

	Administration Building and Research Tower, S.C. Johnson Company
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	1969 photo of headquarters building with tower
Location	Racine, Wisconsin
Coordinates	42°42′49″N 87°47′27″W / 42.71361°N 87.79083°W
Built	1936
Architect	Frank Lloyd Wright; Peters, Wesley W.
Architectural style	Streamline Moderne
NRHP reference No.	74002275
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 27, 1974
Designated NHL	January 7, 1976

Johnson Wax Headquarters is the world headquarters and administration building of S. C. Johnson & Son in Racine, Wisconsin. Designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the company's president, Herbert F. "Hib" Johnson, the building was constructed from 1936 to 1939.^[3] Its distinctive "lily pad" columns and other innovations revived Wright's career at a point when he was losing influence.^[4] Also known as the Johnson Wax Administration Building, it and the nearby 14-story Johnson Wax Research Tower (built 1944–1950), also by Wright, were designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1976 as Administration Building and Research Tower, S.C. Johnson and Son.^[2] The Tower portion currently serves as a museum of Wright's design and company history, periodically open for public tours.

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
^ ^a ^b "Administration and Research Tower, S.C. Johnson Company". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on April 3, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2008.
^ Mark Hertzberg (2010). Frank Lloyd Wright's SC Johnson Research Tower. Rohnert Park: Pomegranate. ISBN 978-0-7649-5609-6.
^ "Johnson, S.C., and Son Administration Building and Research Tower". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2018.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.

[nhlsum-2] "Administration and Research Tower, S.C. Johnson Company". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on April 3, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2008.

[Hertzberg-2010-3] Mark Hertzberg (2010). Frank Lloyd Wright's SC Johnson Research Tower. Rohnert Park: Pomegranate. ISBN 978-0-7649-5609-6.

[4] "Johnson, S.C., and Son Administration Building and Research Tower". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2018.

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