Old House Dreamer

300 Scottswood Rd, Riverside, IL – $1.299 Million
3 Bed, 3.5 Bath, 3028 square feet. A Frank Lloyd Wright designed home. He describes this home (so the listing ad says), “So I put the best in me into this house. I feel now, looking back, that this was the best I could do in a house.” Virtual tour available. Aerial view and street view.

PS, if you are into Frank Lloyd Wright and are a Netflix subscriber, there are two documentaries about him and his houses available for instant viewing.

6 Elizabeth Ct, Oak Park, IL – $989,000
5 Bed, 2 Bath. Known as The Gale House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

645 Prospect Crescent, Pasadena, CA – $5.95 Million
4 bed, 4 bath, 4230 square feet. Known as The Millard House, it was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and was “the first residence to utilize Wright’s highly inventive textile block building system.” Funny that Wright thought concrete was ugly (which it is if you Plain Jane it.) There is a slew of information on Wikipedia. Aerial view can be seen here.

5423 Black Oak Dr, Los Angeles, CA – $2.595 Million
4 bed, 3 bath, 2255 square feet. Check out the aerial view here and the street view here.

Lloyd Wright’s 1rst important house for mother of his second wife, actress Helen Taggert. House & gardens showcase the emphasis on the dramatic: minutely worked out arrangement of house & garden on a hillside lot overlooking Fern Dell Park is stunning. Distinctive art deco motif-geometric forms, horizontal banding & elaborate art-glass window on the south elevation. In 2006, Lloyd Wright’s son, Eric Lloyd Wright completed an extensive remodel & won Meliora Award for for Best Restoration in 2006.