SC Johnson Administration Building and Research Tower
National Historic Landmark · Racine, Wisconsin
Frank Lloyd Wright's 1936 headquarters for the SC Johnson company in Racine, built around the Great Workroom — an open hall of slender dendriform columns that flare into lily-pad discs at the ceiling, lit by more than forty miles of Pyrex glass tubing instead of windows. Wisconsin's building inspectors refused to permit the columns until Wright had one load-tested to destruction in public in 1937. The 1950 Research Tower alongside it, fifteen storeys cantilevered off a central core, was closed for decades and two of its floors were restored and opened to visitors in 2014. IT IS STILL A WORKING CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS and tours are free.
1525 Howe Street, Racine, Wisconsin, 53403, United States
Free guided tours by advance reservation only, departing from the Golden Rondelle Theater. This is a working corporate headquarters and tours run on limited days, commonly a Thursday-to-Sunday pattern, with suspensions around company events and holidays. THE CURRENT SEASON SCHEDULE COULD NOT BE VERIFIED — book at scjohnson.com and confirm before travelling. Age restrictions apply on parts of the tour.
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