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Summer Social & Picnic 2023

Join us for our annual Docomomo/US Chicago Summer Social & Picnic. This year, our event will be held on Saturday, August 26, 2023 at the Lewis House in Libertyville, IL. The event is complimentary for Docomomo US members as thanks for your ongoing support. (One guest allowed per member, please).

Designed by Frank Loyd Wright in 1939 for Chicago journalist Lloyd Lewis and his wife Kathryn Dougherty, this Usonian house sits on a banks of the Des Plaines river in the Northern suburbs of Chicagoland. 

  • Enjoy a BBQ Luncheon (meats, vegetables, sides and beverages).

  • Tour the house and meet the current homeowners and learn more about their restoration efforts on the house.

RSVP required by Wednesday, August 23. Please click here to RSVP

This is an exclusive members-only event, so if you would like to attend and you are not currently a Docomomo member, or your membership has lapsed, please join or renew below. Your membership helps support Docomomo's nationwide mission to celebrate and preserve modern architecture and design.