Frank Lloyd Wright Home Up For Sale And In Need Of Help

No state has more homes designed or commissioned by Frank Lloyd Wright than Illinois.  In fact, taking a tour of his work is a very popular tourist attraction when in the Chicago area.

For a listed sale price of $625,000 you can now own a piece of historical work by this acclaimed architect, and in doing so, help preserve history.

The home at 1027 Meadow Rd in Glencoe, IL is up for sale.   It is one of six homes in the Ravine Bluffs that

image courtesy of Landmarks Illinois

were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and commissioned by his attorney Sherman Booth.  Five of the homes, including this one, were designed as rental properties and marketed at the time of the original sale as a “fireproof house for $5,000.”  They published this marketing campaign in the Ladies Home Journal in 1907 (I guess even back then women drove housing decisions…).

Unfortunately, today the home is in need of restoration and is being sold “as is.” Landmarks Illinois, a preservation group, just placed the home on its Chicagoland Watch List 2008 – 2009.  Worst case, this could mean that the home could be bought and torn down.  If torn down, it would be the first intact Wright house to be demolished in the United States in over 30 years.

Click here to learn more about what you can do to prevent this from happening and help preserve history.