2024-11-23T04:43:07-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/128344000/frank-lloyd-wright-s-la-miniatura-finally-sells-in-pasadena Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-05-29T18:37:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/09/0916fsl1bmf2qm71.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Recognized by Wright as the earliest 'Usonian' house, La Miniatura is also the first residence to utilize Wright's highly inventive textile block building system.</p></em><br /><br /><p>After hitting the market in 2013, La Miniatura (aka <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/69496105/frank-lloyd-wright-s-millard-house-hits-the-market-in-pasadena" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Millard House</a>, 1923) was originally listed at approximately $4.5MM. The final sold price hasn't been made public, but the house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is located in Pasadena's Prospect Historic District &ndash; neighbors include Greene &amp; Greene's Bentz House (1906), and Arthur and Alfred Heineman's Hindry House (1909).</p><p>Wright had said of the house, "I would rather have built this little house than St. Peter's in Rome."</p>