{"id":733516,"date":"2026-06-29T20:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/733516\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:30:11","slug":"tennessees-only-frank-lloyd-wright-designed-home-hits-the-market-in-chattanooga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/733516\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee\u2019s only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home hits the market in Chattanooga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. \u2014 A rare piece of Tennessee architectural history is being offered for sale for the first time: the Shavin House, the only residence in the state designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.<\/p>\n<p>The home sits atop Chattanooga\u2019s historic Missionary Ridge and was designed in keeping with Wright\u2019s Usonian philosophy, which emphasized simplicity, functionality and harmony with nature. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image via Sotheby's International Realty\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/edb3e4a2-ee5f-4982-939c-050fe70d1fd9-K3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Image via Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/p>\n<p>The house was commissioned in 1949 by newlyweds Seamour and Gerte Shavin and completed in 1952. It has been preserved by the original family for more than 75 years.<\/p>\n<p>Designed to embrace its setting, the Shavin House was positioned to capture views of the Tennessee River, Lookout Mountain and the surrounding landscape. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image via Sotheby's International Realty\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/79bd5d73-6eaf-4e97-96b4-efd6d42d9988-735393826_2184894898724002_1338636750784282383_n.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Image via Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/p>\n<p>The home was constructed primarily of native Tennessee Crab Orchard stone and Louisiana cypress, with expansive walls of glass intended to strengthen the connection between indoor and outdoor space.<\/p>\n<p>Architectural features include mitered corner windows, clerestory lighting, custom wood screens, built-in furnishings and a cantilevered carport roof. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image via Sotheby's International Realty\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/83e84a0c-c028-4ed6-89fa-0f7acefdb99e-K8.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Image via Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/p>\n<p>A stone fireplace is the centerpiece of the living room, and the home\u2019s layout incorporates Wright\u2019s principles of compression and release.<\/p>\n<p>The property also includes native gardens and a pond designed specifically for the residence. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image via Sotheby's International Realty\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4964881f-6129-405e-81b3-784b9bbef720-K4.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Image via Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/p>\n<p>Marketed as a nationally significant architectural landmark, the Shavin House is described as one of the finest examples of Usonian architecture in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The asking price is $1,600,000. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/alliancesir\/eng\/sales\/detail\/752-l-529-tk6r6c\/334-north-crest-road-chattanooga-tn-37404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read more about the listing here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more photos in the gallery above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. \u2014 A rare piece of Tennessee architectural history is being offered for sale for the first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-733516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733516","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=733516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}