The tour starts out with a video detailing the painstaking restoration that’s been done to the home. It really makes you appreciate all the hard work and attention to detail. The tour was very informative, and there was plenty of time to take photos, and look around each room. A beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece!

In planning our week-long trip to Michigan, we set aside Tuesday morning to visit the Meyer May House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.It is a gem, Wright did a masterful job with this house. Meyer May was a perfect client, happy to do as the architect wished.What we didnt know is that there is no charge for the tour! As far as I know, the only Wright home open to the public which is free. Thanks to the Steelcase Corporation who preserved and renovated the home.

Thanks to Steel Case, this tour is free! Very, interesting, tour guide,was great. Told us every thing, no one had to ask very many questions! A must see, I highly recommen.

This is a gorgeous house in a lovely neighborhood. Guides are well-informed, and tour is quite comprehensive. Dont skip the movie that is shown beforehand, as it is fascinating and will add to your enjoyment of the tour. Its really nice that there is no admission charge (thank you, Steelcase). While youre here, leave yourself extra time to walk around the historic Heritage Hill neighborhood, and end your afternoon with a sandwich and cookies from Wealthy Street Bakery, right around the corner.

Interesting tour through this beautiful restored home. We were going to skip the video, but we were glad we didnt. It told a bit about the history of the house and about the restoration in the 80s.

Definitely a MUST SEE! Beautifully restored Frank Lloyd Wright prairie home. Docents are very friendly and knowledgeable - tours are free (check their website for specific days and times) and they have a small gift area in the entrance ($ only)....and photos are permitted inside the house!

An utterly amazing house. Frank Lloyd Wright did an awesome job on this one. Cant wrap my head around the fact that it was designed and built in 1909!!!!! It looks sort of 1930s and futuristic as well as Arts and Crafts at the same time. Still ahead of its time over 110 years later!!! It was closed due to Covid when I was there, cant wait until its open so I can experience the interior.

Local gem. If you live in Grand Rapids and have not seen this Frank Lloyde Wright house, shame one you ️. Go see it!Once you have taken the tour, treat yourself to lunch!

Unbelievable experience going to this Frank Lloyd Wright designed house. You get to see a good amount of “compress and release” with the designed spaces in the house. It’s very narrow when you walk into the house and then there’s a breath of fresh air when you enter into the living room area. We were able to have dinner here with Steelcase which just added even more to the experience. Exceptional!

Very cool to see a Frank Lloyd Wright house. Tours are by appointment only.

Im not super into architecture, but still really enjoyed visiting. The tour starts with a super interesting video explaining the in depth restoration process the home went through. The house itself is super neat and includes lots of furniture designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the home (some original and some reconstructed). Definitely a good way to spend and hour and a half if youre into houses or architecture. And its free!

This is one of must see places if you are spending more than a few days in the Grand Rapids area.Architecture fans will also consider it a must see.If you’re there in the summer, take time to look at the garden.

The Heritage Hill District is ahistorical preservation neighborhood In Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Meyer May house is an excellent example of the high ceilings and ornate paneling in the largest, best preserved houses there. Full disclosure: I started the renovation about 46 years ago. The most recent owners have done a great job of preservation and restoration of this stately jewel.

For fans of Frank Lloyd Wright this is a must. There is a film that tells a lot of the history and the restoration that is shown before the guided tour. The tour guides are incredibly knowledgeable. The house tour is a wealth of information on the history of the home.

Very friendly and knowledgeable guides. The introductory video provided enormous context to truly appreciate the craftmenship

Being a Frank Lloyd Wright enthusiast, I had to visit the Meyer May House in Grand Rapids. Its a must for anyone who appreciates architectural aesthetics. The renovation in 1986 has brought this house back to its and Franks original designs concepts from 1908.

What a beautiful restoration of a Frank Lloyd Wright home! Its owned by Steelcase now and the guided tour of the house is completely free of charge! There are so many beautiful details to the house! It is absolutely stunning. Especially considering it was originally built in 1909!

Fantastic example of Frank Lloyd Wrights prairie style. Beautifully restored and well taken care of. I also love how the guides are really into it. They could not be more friendly.

This is the first Frank Lloyd Wright house Ive been to and it was awesome! The details throughout the house are incredible and interesting. Its amazing how much thought and consideration FLW put into creating this house for its owners. The tour guides are knowledgeable and I love that its free! Well worth the trip.

What a treasure to have a Frank Lloyd Wright Home, right in town!TIP—> tours are on TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, and SUNDAYS. Closed to the public other days of the week. Steelcase owns this building, and they graciously allow the tours to continue.I have toured the Meyer May house 3-4 times over the last 16 years, and each time I’ve learned something new. The pictures you will see here are no substitute for visiting this exquisite piece of architecture. One does not have to be an architectural expert to appreciate the uniqueness of this space.Your tour starts of with a short film next door, in the building just north of the Meyer May home. In the film you will see the amazing innovations and potential roadblocks to making this iconic home a reality.I loved the tours! Each docent was so very knowledgeable and helpful. They tell a lot of the backstory of the personalities of the people involved, and they also explain the functions of the items in the home. Yet each docent is open to questions you pose and is ready with an intelligent response.TIP—> There is a small gift shop inside the adjacent building with thoughtful gift items.TIP—> ask questions! There were times a docent would stay later just because he was happy to impart some nugget of wisdom or interest to me. So kind!

Video before the tour has good detailed information on the restoration. The tour guide gave great insight into the history of the house.

Very informative tour guides, beautifully designed house, limited tour times

Excellent example of Frank Lloyd Wrights architecture and design. The restoration of the house and furnishings is perfect. The guides are knowledgeable and excited about the property and the architect. And its free!

The house is awesome and the tour was great. Educational, but not boring. Definitely recommend stopping by if you are in the neighborhood and have a couple hours.

The restoration is remarkable. Weve been fortunate enough to see a few FLW homes and this is among the best. Our guide was knowledgeable and friendly. Its is a shame the home isnt open more frequently so more people can see it. Steelcase did a worthwhile thing for the community by saving this building.

Historic Frank Lloyd Wright House

I really enjoyed the visit here and had a great time. They go very in-depth into explaining the history and information of the house. It was a great tour and if you are thinking about visiting I highly recommend you go. Its an unforgettable experience.

Beautiful house, well designed with a informative introductory video detailing the restoration process. A lot of money obviously went into building the house.I enjoyed the tour as well which took us to every room with a back story about the home owners, Meyer May, a clothing business owner.The house is impeccably maintained and is pleasant to walk around in. They retained the original belongings of the family which turns this into a real museum exhibit.

Interesting film of the restoration process. No fee to see film and docent tour of the home. No excuse to not see this early Frank Lloyd Wright home.

Not bad for a summer home.

Its free and very informative. Its a wonderfully restored Frank Loyd Wright house.

Been through it a few times and it never gets old. The volunteer docents do a great job, also when you go multiple times and get different docents you get a little different experience each time.

A fantastic restoration (kudos to Steelcase). The tours may be free but dont let that fool you - the docents are extremely knowledgeable and really spend time with the details of the home and its design. The film they show beforehand is excellent as well.

Its hard to believe you can tour the frank lloyd Wright meyer may house for free. He was so far ahead of his time! The intro movie was fascinating and our guide was knowledgeable and informative and I consider this a hidden gem in GR. A must for anyone interested in design, architecture, or history.

Terrific example if Frank Lloyd Wrights prarie school design here in Grand Rapids. Free tours on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Fully restored and maintained by a generous gift from Steelcase. The free tour lasts about 90 minutes, including a brief movie. There is another partially FLW associated property just a block east on Logan on the SW corner of College called the Amberg House, thats worth checking out. This is a private residence but there are some nice views from the street.

Great example of Frank Lloyd Wrights work. Was taken aback that it was free to tour as most of his houses are only open to tour at a cost. Worthwhile stop in Grand Rapids. The neighborhood is beautiful too.

Outstanding representation of F.L.W. architechture. Great detail shown in recreating every last detail of renovation. Allow 2.5 hours. Registration in the home on the left side along with 30 min video. Friendly knowledgable staff. Also other early 1900 homes in the area for contrast in design.

Had a wonderful time. Very informative video and guide. Our guide was knowledgable, energetic, and very friendly. Would highly recommend doing this tour. The video preceding the tour was great, except for the end where an old white scholar started describing, with much excitement, Meyer Mays dinner table and how the design lends itself to Mays ability to inflict the patriarchy on his children and wife. That part was kind of weird.

Beautiful restoration and tour guide is truly passionate about the home. Awesome architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright.

You can take a step back in time and walk through the great design by Frank Lloyd Wright. Parking is curbside, but the tour is free so you cant beat that.

The Meyer May house has undergone an amazing restoration and is preserved as one of the most complete and original Frank Lloyd Weight designed homes. The introductory video on the restoration process is fascinating, and the docent-led tour through the house gives great insight into not only the home itself, but the mind of Frank Lloyd Wright and the thoughtful care that he put into the smallest details of his designs. This is a highly recommended visit for anyone with an interest in architecture. The tour is free as is street parking nearby. The entire neighborhood is a historic district and is well worth spending some time driving around as well.

Fantastic Wright surprise to see on our trip to Grand Rapids. Excellent tour available for the full history of the house and renovation.

Incredible.This 90 minute tour starts with a video covering the extensive restoration of the house in a separate building (L when walking up the driveway) and then you get a tour of the incredible FLW designed house. Photos allowed, ask questions and enjoy!Theres another sister house up the street under renovation currently, hoping to do tours in the future!

One of the best FLW restorations and excellent docents make this a must see if you are in the area. Very limited schedule though. Check for days and times.

I didnt know it was a guided tour, but so glad it was. Tour guide was knowledgeable about the home. Fantastic!!! Highly recommend going.

Excellent way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Tour guide was extremely knowledgeable, and made us appreciate the genius of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Lucky to have this Frank Lloyd Wright home right here in Grand Rapids. It’s just amazing.

Beautiful work and restoration. I was surprised it was free to tour and nothing was wrapped in plastic or roped off to keep hands from touching it. Overall our guide was amazing and wed definitely go back. It was all super informative.

Visiting this house was a great way to get out on a Sunday afternoon. I liked how they broke the tour up into two parts. First we watched a video in the house next store and then took a guided tour through the Meyer May house. Both were very interesting and informative, with little redundancy. Our docent/guide was friendly and knowledgeable about the history of both the family and the architect. If you are visiting in a colder month, I would recommend bringing cold weather gear. We spent about 10 minutes outside on the tour.

One of a kind Frank Lloyd Write homes, full museum quality restoration. Must see if interested in FLW. Open limited hours on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, 1:00 to 4:00 but it is free admission! Stop at the visitor center next door to see the video on the restoration.

Highly knowledgeable Docents, an amazing historical site to experience.

Interesting old architecture. Should be fun for the older kids

As a Frank Loyd Wright admirer, well worth the visit! Film and tour were very enjoyable!

They allowed us to walk around and look about even though it was closed! It was fun!

This is an excellent example of what you can do with an unlimited budget, foresight, and a dedication to bring a house back to what it was meant to be.The video before the tour is relatively new, at least I dont remember it. It is well done and you can get a nice look into the 80s! On top of it all, its ll free!

Steelcase bought and renovated this amazing house and shares it for free a few days of the week. Well worth the visit, the story is amazing in the great detail they went to to restore this house. No bags to put on your shoes, they made multiple sets of carpet, just like original, to let guests tromp around on so they can periodically change them out! It is just lovely, what a gem and you cannot beat the price of admission!

FLW and his genius !! SALUTE him for the amazing architecture with God in all his details!! The restoration team has recreated the marvel from the dust. A huge shout out to the restauration team.

Outstanding tour and guides with immense knowledge about the museum. I would highly recommend visiting as there is something interesting for everyone.

I noticed a tour group on the street while passing and was directed to their reception in the welcome centre in an adjacent building. I found the tour to be free and very well run, starting with a short orientation movie and followed by a guided walk around this fully restored Frank Lloyd Wright prairie style house. The guide was knowledgeable and passionate about the unique features of this exceptional design, full of observations about the life style of the original owners, and keen to point out how lovely were so many of the materials, colours and details. Some of the built-in features on exhibit were remarkably advanced for that era. Steelcase are the present owners of the property, and seem to have spared no expense in bringing it back to its original state. It was obviously an enormous undertaking. I left full of admiration for the architectural achievement here of this extraordinary talented architect, and for the generosity and dedication of the new owners. A memorably worthwhile visit.

The Meyer May house was designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright for a Grand Rapids clothing store owner named Meyer May in 1908. In the 1980s, furniture maker Steelcase purchased the then rundown and altered house, painstakingly restored it, and opened it to the public to enjoy!!A visit to the house today sharea the story of the restoration process via a 30ish minute video and then a docent-led guided tour of the house. The highly knowledgeable and passionate volunteer docents give insight into the family the house was built for and share information about architecture and design elements found throughout the entire property.The house is spectacular and absolutely worth visiting. Ive been several times!Visitors should plan to spend 1.5-2 hours here. You have to watch the 30ish minute video before entering the house, and if you arrive while the video is already playing, youll have to wait for it to finish until they let you watch it. Some docents are more chatty than others and may spend more time giving the tour.

The tour guide was excellent. Very interesting historically and artistically.

If you know what it is then I probably dont need to say much. Select tour times. On street parking only. Cool house. Steel case did an impressive job with restoration.

First class tour. Gorgeous home, wonderful and knowledgeable staff (Cherie Grunske). The video was an unexpected bonus. Thank you.

John is an incredibly knowledgeable and entertaining tour guide. This Frank Lloyd Wright house is in incredible condition and truly a masterpiece. Very interesting, a place that can be toured many times and learn something new each tour.

The house is beautiful and in immaculate condition. Well worth seeing, and free! Just make sure to check the times.

Beautiful restoration. Docents was fantastic. A must see if you like architecture.

This is a pretty fun place to go for some cool specific Grand Rapids history and some world famous design sight seeing. This house is perfect design and is an artistic masterpiece in itself. This house is owned, fully restored, and maintained by global design influencing company, Steelcase. Kudos to Steelcase for keeping roots alive.

Completely free thanks to funding by Steelcase. The movie about the houses history & restoration is intriguing. The house itself is beautiful, clean, & impressively designed. The tour guides knowledge of architecture is vast & of the MM House, exhaustive.

Another awesome Frank Floyd Wright house! A must see! Beautiful design!

This place was really cool. The fact that the house was built in the early 1900s is crazy. The details they were able to accomplish is mind-blowing. For example, recessed lighting! We take that as nothing special nowadays but this was done in 1908...there are over 100 windows that have stained glass! The mortar in between the fireplace bricks has glass over it so it shimmers. There are no downspouts because he didnt like vertical lines. Its something you have to see.

Classic FLW!!! Beautifully restored! Guide was very knowledgeable about house, restoration, other FLW houses, and Frank Lloyd Wright designs!!!! The movie and tour were both free as was the access to the gardens!!!! Wonderful! Thank you Steelcase! You hit it out of the park!

The tour is inspiring even for those that do not take a particular interest in architecture. The informational video at the beginning of the tour gave insight on the painstaking procedures taken to restore the house to its originally intended design. Such effort and resources pooled together by a multitude of expert artisans demonstrates the houses merit and quality. The tour was thoroughly enjoyed.

Fantastic tour with Jim today. First, I wasnt aware they did tours and second it was free...FREE. Totally worth the drive over and it lasted a little over an hour for the video presentation and tour of the house. An amazing architectural wonder from Wright.

Amazing piece of history restored by Steelcase. Thank you Karen for the tour! And thank you Don and Christine for finding my glasses! I’m super impressed that this is a free tour as well as have such excellent docents. Bravo! A great win for history enthusiasts!And it’s FREE! Thanks Steelcase!

Very nice staff provides guided tour with a video to start things off. Terrific restoration and informative tour, and free!

They are so happy to have you visit this beautiful house, theyll even bring in a chef and host a dinner party!

If you like Frank Lloyd Wright homes, this is a gem! Take a tour because the interior has been completely renovated. It’s breathtaking!

Stunning and the guided tour was very well done!

What a great experience. If you like history or architecture, this is a must see. Great informational video before the tour by a very knowledgeable docent. And its free!

Its a house. kinda creepy, but ok. not really that interesting, but it is a pretty house and if youre into history and such, youll like this.

Beautiful Frank lloyd wright house. Our guide Terri was the best

This was my 2nd FLW home tour (Oak Park was my 1st) and it was stunning! The tour begins with a video of the renovation that os shown in the home next door. It was interesting and informative. The staff there was friendly and helpful. Our tour guide was fantastic and well-informed. The home was stunning! We walked around the neighborhood before, but I would recommend grabbing the Heritage Hill home.map provided at the welcome center and using that as your guide if you want knowledge added to the beauty. I would love to tour again with my husband someday.

Free and amazing. They seemed very organized and had a bunch of tours going on Sunday so there was no wait. The house is awesome. A must see.

Good tour by Karen and video of the renovation by Steelcase in 1987. One of Wright’s more livable houses.

A piece of architectural history in the heart of GR. And the best part? Its free to tour!

This is a well preserved piece of history. The home is beautiful. I usually dont like sitting through videos, but this one is extremely i teresting. The tour guide is informative and knowledgeable. There is no cost for the tour. Its definatelt worth the time to visit.

A very interesting study of the designs of Frank Lloyd Wright. A completely restored home with all details refurbished.

A wonderful example of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, particularly with regard to his penchant for designing a structure specifically for the person who commissioned it. Meyer May was a person of small stature (52 or thereabouts), and the design fits him (ie. the height of most of the design elements.)The guides are fantastic and very knowledgeable, and before you begin the tour, you are introduced to the history of the house via an interesting video. I highly recommend the tour.

A museum-quality restoration of an impeccable Frank Lloyd Wright home. The restoration video and home tour were in-depth and very informative. The level of detail in the design and the intense care of the restoration are top-notch. This is a must-see for all, but especially architecture fans.

Excellent. Dont miss it if you are in Grand Rapids. A beautiful restoration and best of all, free! The home is supported by Steelcase Furniture company. What a generous gift to the community and architecture lovers.

Great tour. Worth the time

Great tour, it takes several hours though so prepare for that.

We visited today with our two young children and it was an amazing experience. The staff was kind and ready to answer our kids’ questions. Not to mention the House was absolutely enchanting. We couldn’t have asked for a better experience.

Cool little house. Also a pokestop

Great tour of this lovely Frank Lloyd Wright designed home. The detail was stunning. Our tour guide was charming and gave a very interesting and informative tour. A day well spent.

Very interesting Tour. Never knew there was a Frank Lloyd Wrights home in Grand Rapids MI.

The tour includes a 45min movie about the restoration of the house and a 30min guided tour through the house. Both very well done. Enjoyed it greatly and learned a lot!

Awesome! One of the most authentic Wright houses Ive seen. Well worth the time. And our guide was wonderful, knowledgeable, and willing to answer our million questions. Great time.

Beautiful home, rich history and knowledgeable guides.

Another example is good architecture