The sole example of Frank Lloyd Wright-famed Usonian style in the greater Houston area has been sold for $2.7 million to a pair of unnamed buyers.
The Houston Chronicle is reporting that Wright’s coveted William Thaxton House was able to lure a new owner at a reduced price. The home had been on the market for most of this year after being initially listed for $3.15 million.
The now 8,000-square-foot home is one of only three houses in the state that Wright designed and has undergone several renovations and was given a heavily-publicized addition in 1991. Originally constructed in 1955 for a local insurance executive, Wright’s concrete block design features two fireplaces, an inground pool, and accessible courtyard with a plethora of steel-framed windows that give the home his signature inside-out harmony with the natural world.
Featuring a unique parallelogram footprint, the new owners will enter through the same handsome fascia screen carport that has been enjoyed by its myriad denizens since the Eisenhower administration.
"You didn't work with Mr. Wright," its original owner said. "You presented Mr. Wright with a piece of property."
Wright’s private residences have been faring well on the market this year, fetching relatively handsome prices for homes in Illinois, Oklahoma, and Indiana. Other Usonian houses have been on the market for a number of years, with listings still currently open in Wisconsin and California for any interested buyers.
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"You didn't work with Mr. Wright," its original owner said. "You presented Mr. Wright with a piece of property."
"Then you ignored his invoices when they came in. And complimented him on his cape."
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