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William H. Emery, Jr. House
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| Location: | 281 Arlington Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Built: | 1903 |
| Architect: | Walter Burley Griffin |
| Architectural style: | Prairie School |
| Governing body: | Private residence |
| NRHP Reference#: | 04000421 |
| Added to NRHP: | May 12, 2004 |
William H. Emery, Jr. House is a historic residence in the Prairie School in Elmhurst, Illinois. It was designed by renowned architect Walter Burley Griffin for his friend William H. Emery, Jr. The house was completed in 1903. William Emery, Sr. moved to Chicago and purchased the Seth Wadhams farm in Elmhurst in 1887. Aside from profits made from developing the farm, Emery served as president of the Elmhurst school board, Golf Club, and the New England Society of Chicago. Emery also had an important role in bringing electricity and water supply to the town. William H. Emery, Jr. was a personal friend to Griffin, who he met in school.
Griffin, at the time, worked for Frank Lloyd Wright in his Oak Park studio. Griffin had designed the Elmhurst Golf Club, but the Emery house was his first residential commission. Emery had ideas about what he wanted his house to look like, and believed that Wright would not be tolerant of his opinions.