Fabyan Villa
Inheritance from his tycoon-father's textile business, Bliss, Fabyan & Co., provided the financial foundation from which the Colonel and his wife, Nelle, established their legacy.In 1907, the farmhouse was extensively redesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright, who added a south wing, three verandas and large eaves to achieve a cruciform modestly Prairie-style country house.In 1914, the Fabyans purchased a windmill located on a farm near what is now Elmhurst, Illinois and had it relocated to the east bank of the Fox River across from the Villa on acreage acquired that same year.In fact, the National Security Agency has recognized Riverbank Laboratories as the birthplace of cryptology and has honored Fabyan for his associated services to the United States' government.Nearly all American military World War I cryptography was done at Fabyan's laboratories, where Elizabeth Wells Gallup and her staff of assistants, including Elizebeth Friedman and William F. Friedman, had spent several years honing cryptology skills and methodology searching for proof of Sir Francis Bacon's authorship of Shakespeare's plays using Bacon's own ciphers.
U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesGeneva, IllinoisFrank Lloyd WrightPrairie SchoolGeorge and Nelle FabyanGeorge FabyanFox RiverJapanese GardenRoman-styleDutch-stylecruciformTaro OtsukaJapanese-style gardenmoon bridgeteahousewindmillElmhurst, IllinoisFabyan WindmillU.S. postal stampRiverbank LaboratoriesNational Security AgencycryptologyWorld War I cryptographyElizabeth Wells GallupElizebeth FriedmanWilliam F. FriedmanSir Francis BaconShakespeareHarvardWallace Clement SabineList of Frank Lloyd Wright worksarchINFORMArchitectural style categoriesContributing propertyHistoric districtHistory of the National Register of Historic PlacesKeeper of the RegisterNational Park ServiceProperty typesList of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by stateAlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIllinoisIndianaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingAmerican SamoaMinor Outlying IslandsNorthern Mariana IslandsPuerto RicoVirgin IslandsFederated States of MicronesiaMarshall IslandsDistrict of ColumbiaAmerican Legation, MoroccoNational Historic Preservation ActHistoric Preservation FundList of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic PlacesUniversity and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic PlacesList of worksAdams, M.Adams, W. and J.AdelmanAffleckAllen–LambeArnoldBachman–WilsonBaldwinBartonBazettBeachyBeckerBlossomBoulterBoyntonBradleyBrandesBroad MarginBuehlerBulbulianCharnleyCheneyChristieCoonleyCopelandCrimson BeechDana–ThomasDavidson