Wee Haven

Illinois, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

Wee Haven is a Prairie School house built in 1925 in Champaign, Illinois, designed by architect Charles Saxby Elwood from a plan he had published in *Fruit, Garden and Home* magazine the year before. The residence exemplifies the Prairie School's characteristic horizontal emphasis through its low massing, flat roof with wide eaves, and casement windows featuring art glass. Its ornamental details—including tile prairie flowers, a wooden apron and string course, and decorative fascia—reinforce this horizontal aesthetic. The house's most distinctive interior feature is a fireplace with a tile hearth, brick surround, and two decorative tile flowers. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.