The sole Frank Lloyd Wright-designed residence to have ever existed in Malibu burned down in 2018 during the grizzly Woolsey fires — but it has a new chapter in sight.
For the first time in 25 years and since the tragedy, the two parcels on which the property sat have listed for $7.45 million.
Once known as The Arch Oboler Complex, Wright was commissioned by Arch and Eleanor Oboler to design their Malibu residence.
Only the gate house and the complex — pegged as “Eleanor’s Retreat” — were completed between 1940 and 1941.
Named Eaglefeather, the main house was to be designed to embrace the land featuring the use of wood and Wright’s signature desert stone rubble masonry. The design included the incomplete main house, a pool, a film studio, stables, a paddock and a children’s wing.
The properties were restored and rehabilitated in 2013 – five years before the fires tore through.
“The materials are stone, fashioned in the same manner as Taliesin West, and wood siding,” Bruce Brooks Pfieffer wrote in volume 2 of “Frank Lloyd Wright: The Complete Works.”
The gate house, originally made of two sections, consisted of a living room, a workspace, a bedroom, a bathroom, carports, and stalls for horses. Later, the Obolers made this space their full-time residence, and additions — unsupervised by Wright — were built.
The other building on the complex, known as “Eleanor’s Retreat,” is a small, square cottage, with detailing resembling the touches planned for Eaglefeather.
Situated on a high plateau in the Santa Monica Mountains, the two parcels comprise more than 100 acres.
“A place of natural beauty with endless vistas in all directions, sunrises and sunsets that defy the imagination, and a serenity unto its own,” the listing says.
“The opportunity now exists to rebuild the 4,000-square-foot gatehouse/compound or begin anew.”
Other features of the land include a fully functioning well, a solar system and a 1-acre pond.
Sandro Dazzan with The Agency holds the listing.
