After decades of ownership, suburban Frank Lloyd Wright house lists for $900K

A Frank Lloyd Wright house built in 1909 is on the market for the first time since 1957. The Wilmette home is a designed in a classic, low-slung Prairie School style and hardly visible from the street hidden in the woody landscape.

For decades, it belonged to architect Walter Sobel where he lived until he died in 2014 at 101 years old. Since then, family has occupied the house but for the last few years it has been vacant, according to Crain’s Chicago. Sobel was known for as a designing over 100 courthouses plus a handful of synagogues and schools, according to his obituary.

In 1922, Wright designed an addition for the home making it quite large: five bedrooms and 4,800 square feet. The living room’s tall diamond-patterned leaded glass windows are expansive, especially compared to the low ceilings throughout the rest of the home. There are three brick fireplaces, one in the master suite which also comes with a private porch.

The @properties listing agents Jan Kerr and Kyle Payne told Crain’s that the house needs extensive work. The roof leaks which has damaged some of the flooring, and the kitchen and bathrooms are stuck in the 1950s. The fixer-upper, known as the Baker House, is also a National Registered Landmark which puts restrictions on what kind of changes can be made.

Located at 507 Lake Avenue, the home is just two blocks from Lake Michigan and surrounded by quiet, tree-covered grounds. For $899,990 would you be up for rehabbing this landmark?