Archinect - News 2024-05-17T14:41:32-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150332807/frank-lloyd-wright-designed-fawcett-farm-lists-for-4-25m-in-california-s-central-valley Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Fawcett Farm lists for $4.25M in California's Central Valley Josh Niland 2022-12-14T18:37:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f1/f15c5b948a595483f130dd38b00984d9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>One of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/4673/frank-lloyd-wright" target="_blank">Frank Lloyd Wright</a>&rsquo;s final Usonian designs is now on the market in central California. Real estate firm Crosby Doe Associates recently <a href="https://crosbydoe.com/address/fawcett-farm-21200-center-avenue-los-banos-ca/" target="_blank">listed</a> Wright&rsquo;s Fawcett Farm in Los Banos for a cool $4.25 million and is beginning to take offers on the 7-bed, 6-bathroom home that was completed just two years after his death in 1959.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c0/c0b7bba130a7a9bb591d70c6c8aaa99c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c0/c0b7bba130a7a9bb591d70c6c8aaa99c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: Jim Simmons</figcaption></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bf/bf2c76688a44f79fd5799860a9ea684d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bf/bf2c76688a44f79fd5799860a9ea684d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Image: Jim Simmons</figcaption></figure></figure><p>The house was built by local football legend Buck Fawcett and his wife using plans Wright drew up for them before his passing. It includes a koi pond, small museum, Japanese garden, workshop, and recessed pool. The lot it sits on is sized at 76 acres and offers the opportunity for commercial crop development on what Fawcett described to Wright at the time as &ldquo;the most fertile agricultural land in the world.&rdquo;<br></p> <figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/dd/dd5553b4a21caa335a26a749da9ca116.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/dd/dd5553b4a21caa335a26a749da9ca116.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Image: Jim Simmons</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fa/fa4c3d5148bc969a011e44fb47a6bbe1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fa/fa4c3d5148bc969a011e44fb47a6bbe1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: Jim Simmons</figcaption></figure><p>Featuring an L-shaped interior with open plan, classic mid-century wooden built-ins, and furnishing arrangement designed by Cornelia Brierly. Other enhancements include a high-end sec...</p>