CATHERINE REAGOR

Controversial Phoenix Frank Lloyd Wright house for sale: $12.95M

Catherine Reagor
The Republic | azcentral.com
  • The concrete block home with three bedrooms and four bathrooms sits on 5.9 acres in Phoenix's Arcadia
  • Rawling paid $2.3 million for the house in 2012 when a previous owner tried to demolish it
  • Neighbors have been concerned about the property becoming a commercial attraction

 

The Frank Lloyd Wright spiral house the architect designed for his son David in Phoenix’s Arcadia neighborhood is for sale. The asking price: $12.95 million.

In June, a plan fell through for the 2,553-square-foot house built in 1952 to be donated to the School of Architecture at Taliesin.

The 1952 David and Gladys Wright House in Phoenix's Arcadia neighborhood was designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright for his son and daughter-in-law.

 

Zach Rawling, owner of the David and Gladys Wright House, couldn’t be reached for comment about his decision to sell.

The concrete block house with three bedrooms and four bathrooms sits on 5.9 acres in the affluent Arcadia neighborhood, south of Camelback Mountain. The listing says an application for historic preservation of the house is pending with the City of Phoenix.

Rawling paid $2.3 million for the house in 2012 when a previous owner tried to demolish it. He had tried to open the house as a museum before working with Taliesin’s architectural school.

Neighbors have been concerned about the property becoming a commercial attraction that may bring more traffic. There were also some concerns about the school proposal. 

This is one of three bedrooms in the David and Gladys Wright House in Arcadia. The 1952 home was designed by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright for his son, David.

 

Bob Hassett of Russ Lyon Sotheby's International Realty has the listing for the Wright house.

A description of the house says it has been partially updated but needs more renovations, including structural and electrical repairs.

The buyer will get reproductions of Wright’s signature “March Balloons” carpet designed for the house.

This is not the only Frank Lloyd Wright house on the market in Phoenix right now.

Another round Wright Phoenix home, the Norman Lykes House, is for sale for $3.25 million

The almost 2,900-square-foot curvaceous house, named after the person it was built for, sits on the the edge of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve.

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