{"id":409585,"date":"2026-01-15T22:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T22:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/409585\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T22:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T22:01:11","slug":"exclusive-rare-frank-lloyd-wright-home-in-chicago-asks-350k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/409585\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Rare Frank Lloyd Wright home in Chicago asks $350K"},"content":{"rendered":"

A foreclosed-upon masterpiece crafted by a celebrated American architect hit the Chicago real estate market this week.<\/p>\n

The J. J. Walser Jr. House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1903, is on sale for just $350,000. <\/p>\n

The catch? It\u2019s a complete wreck.<\/p>\n

The home\u2019s iconic Prairie-style design has been stuck a state of disrepair and neglect for several years. Serhii Chrucky \/ Esto<\/p>\n

The Chicago home is one of just five surviving Wright designed in the Windy City, and it\u2019s Wright\u2019s only single-family design on the city\u2019s West Side. It\u2019s also a coveted early example of Wright\u2019s revolutionary Prairie-style architecture. <\/p>\n

The six-bedroom home spans 3,235 square feet, according to the listing. Its unique design includes wide eaves, custom built-in furniture and Wright\u2019s iconic art glass windows.<\/p>\n

The city landmark last sold in 1970 to Anne and Hurley Teague. Hurley, a contractor, kept the home in tip-top shape until his death in 1997. The death of Anne in 2019 left the century-old home abandoned and vulnerable to Chicago\u2019s brutal winters.<\/p>\n

The J. J. Walser House, pictured two years after the death of its owner, Anne Hurley. Google Maps<\/p>\n

By 2024, overgrown trees covered the home\u2019s rapidly deteriorating facade. Google Maps<\/p>\n

It entered into foreclosure in 2023, and inched towards collapse in the meantime, falling victim to water damage (Wright\u2019s designs have a notorious leaking problem<\/a>), vandalism and decay.<\/p>\n

The neglect got so dire that the home was placed on Preservation Chicago\u2019s annual list of the city\u2019s most endangered architectural treasures<\/a> in 2025. Local and architectural nonprofits used their own funds \u2014 and pro-bono contractors \u2014 to board up Walser\u2019s doors and windows, and clean up the overgrown yard.<\/p>\n

The foreclosing lender, PHH Mortgage, was compelled by the court to undertake urgent repairs to the stabilize the home, which consisted of covering it with tarps to halt water damage.<\/p>\n

Preservationists boarded up the art glass windows \u2014 a fixture of many Wright homes. Serhii Chrucky \/ Esto<\/p>\n

The home\u2019s light-colored stucco and dark wood trim have seen better days. Serhii Chrucky \/ Esto<\/p>\n

The home emerged from foreclosure in December. The ownership formally transferred from PHH Mortgage to Fannie Mae in early January. <\/p>\n

Wright, arguably America\u2019s most respected architect, pioneered uniquely American architectural styles throughout the early 20th century. His designs were strikingly modern for their time, yet timeless in their craftmanship. Despite Wright\u2019s status as a starchitect, many of his homes were sculpted for everyday Americans for relatively affordable prices.<\/p>\n

The next steward of the landmarked property has their work cut out for them. Serhii Chrucky \/ Esto<\/p>\n

The Walser house was commissioned by printing executive Joseph Jacob Walser for the modest equivalent of $150,000 today. The home exemplifies Wright\u2019s early Prairie style, characterized by strong horizontal lines, low-pitched roofs with deep overhands and earthy materials.<\/p>\n

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A foreclosed-upon masterpiece crafted by a celebrated American architect hit the Chicago real estate market this week. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,157,229,88,4225,20571,1170,1349],"class_list":["post-409585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-chicago","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-frank-lloyd-wright","tag-historic-buildings","tag-real-estate","tag-residential-real-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}