Amazing! What a treasure those owners have, no wonder they have stayed there all these years. Love the windows and the wide open spaces - truly iconic Frank Lloyd Wright.

It's very nice, but it looks like a library,/school/church though.

I recognized this from earlier in the year. April.

505 days on zillow.

St. Louis Park is hot hot hot. Wonder what's up?

505 days on the market? In a hot locale? I can tell you what's up.

Overpriced? Probably. Also, wonder how much that costs to heat when it's 10 below outside?

Looks more like an office building. The red floors throughout our hideous. The long rows of bench seating in the great room and the finished basement are ridiculous.

The concrete floors are signature FLW Cherokee red.

They were gorgeous houses but often the insides were very difficult for a normal person to live. Frank was a small man and many of the finishes were designed with HIS size in mind, including showers. All the furniture was built-in and rarely comfortable at all. And the houses were built prior to AC, and trying to put it in is very difficult, often impossible.

One pays a huge premium when buying a FLW house, and if one modernizes it and makes it more livable, that value is lost forever. It's a huge conundrum which few want to take on, thus the long time selling them.

The concrete floors are signature FLW Cherokee red.

It's not the concept of a red floor, nor is it the shade of red. But the floor in every room throughout the house? Horrible.

Read in one review that FLW houses are prone to leaks. No thanks.

Everyone's got an opinion. I guess.

The house is not that big, only 2647 sq ft. So the heating shouldn't be too bad with a brick house, unless the windows are no longer insolated. It's hard to replace those huge windows. The home insurance must be high just for those windows.....,,,

I think the outside of the house is stunning! The inside? Not so much... not at all, actually. Its just so blah inside.

wishiwereintheup I would then suggest you don't buy it.

cpartist, your remark was uncalled for. Liking or disliking aspects of the house and expressing an opinion thereof has nothing to do with buying or not buying the house as you very well know.

FLW was an undoubted genius, but his poor detailing has given restoration experts fits for years.

I wonder if the basement was an improvisation "in the style of". The house was not finished until after his death.

Wright straddled a line for part of the twentieth century where on one hand, he was designing houses with details that preexisted the technology to make them work effectively (especially waterproofing) but on the other hand, were really old fashioned at the time they were built in terms of modernism.

This house is not much different than what he was doing 50 years earlier, in some senses, and his furniture, though modern and geometric-looking is pretty much late Victorian when it comes attitude and comfort.

These houses are rigid and uncomfortable for people who don't buy into the entire Wright package. The kitchen at least is a reasonable size for Wright.

The reason for all one flooring material is because there is a restricted palette of materials throughout the house and it's quite possible that even the shower is wood and brick on the interior. (Although he installed conventional cast iron bathtubs).

I think the upstairs is fine for anyone who can buy into the entire Wright esthetic, but forget about trying to put normal furniture in this house. It just doesn't look right, no pun intended). The basement, to me, looks like it would be a pretty unpleasant space. (But so were many mid century non-walkout finished basements).

Couple of comments -

1. You can say the kitchen is good sized, but it appears to also be the laundry room - I swear those are under counter European washer / dryer shown behind the wonky shaped island...
2. You can also tell that the furniture that was actually used / sat in / comfortable was the 2 chairs plopped into the gaggle of FLW pieces.
3. All that glazing is likely woefully inefficient and the house will be COLD...
4. Wow - what a time capsule though - all the finishings and fitments appears to be pristine.
5. I like to look, but I could never live there - I couldn't be that constrained.

You either LOVE a FLW house as it is or you don't. They don't change easily to anything else.

I could be quite happy in that one, especially with the 3+ acres of land.

my last home was 1700 sq feet, plenty of room for 2 adults and 2 elementary age kids

I like looking at his houses, but they are awful to live in. No thanks! I hope some masochist buys and preserves the home as it is.

I think he was very inventive, but it’s like designing a cool plane that crashes all the time. Are you really a genius designer of something that is supposed to be beautiful AND functional if your designs suck in every way except aesthetics? It’s so strange that FLW/Usonianism came from Arts and Crafts because in so many ways, it’s opposite the A&C beauty + utility philosophy.

He’s like an architectural M Night Shamalan. So much is almost brilliant, then you get the big, fat stinker in the middle.

It’s still for sale! Why don’t they just lower the price and let it go?

FLW was a visionary with little thought to the practicalities of actually living in his houses. My Father in Law was one of his disciples and even his designs could be a bit difficult. It is a house for the "faithfull", not the masses. The price will be determined by the patience of the seller to find the few buyers that appreciate the house in its original form. If they can't wait for the "right" buyer they will have to drop the price. I personally hope the "right" buyer can be found for the next 50 years.........

The right price might help the owners to find the right buyers soon.......