Exclusive | Owning a rare Frank Lloyd Wright home isn’t the paradise you’d imagine — but that isn’t stopping some buyers

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 06, 2026 · 1380 words · By Heather Senison

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Add The New York Post on Google Frank Lloyd Wright remains a major figure in the history of American architecture.

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But when it comes to maintaining his surviving homes — well, that remains a major pain in the neck.

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Claim 1: “In 1920, while Wright was rising to fame, just 20 states required architects to be licensed, according to the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.”

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The specific statistic regarding 20 states requiring licenses in 1920 is not corroborated by the provided search results, which focus on current licensing or general history.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. Route 20 (US 20) is a major west–east cross-state highway in the northern part of the U.S. state of Oregon, especially east of the Cascade Mountains. It connects U.S. Route 101 in Newport on the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_20_in_Oregon

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. Route 20 or U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway, which stretches from the Pacific Northwest east to New England. The "0" in its route number indicates that US 2…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) is the portion of an east–west United States Numbered Highway in the state of Idaho. It begins northwest of Parma at the Oregon state line and enters Montana 9.6 miles (15.4 km…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_20_in_Idaho

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Claim 2: “Broere and Hillebrandt sold the Pratt House in the spring of 2024 for $1.8 million, including $300,000 for Wright-designed furnishings included with the sale.”

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Claim 3: “The house was completed in 2007, decades after Wright died in 1959 at age 91”

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Web sources confirm the house was completed in 2007 and that Frank Lloyd Wright died in 1959 at age 91.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James William Strutt (8 January 1924 – 8 November 2008) was a Canadian architect. Practising between 1950 and 1999 and working primarily in the Ottawa area, Strutt is noted for his role in the develop…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Strutt

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Henry Wilfred "Bunny" Austin (26 August 1906 – 26 August 2000) was an English tennis player. For 74 years he was the last Briton to reach the final of the men's singles at the Wimbledon Championships,…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Massaro House is a residence on privately owned Petre Island in Lake Mahopac, New York, roughly 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City. Inspired by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the home's design and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massaro_House

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Claim 4: “dropping the price from $20 million in 2012 to $9.95 million in 2019”

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Claim 5: “Wright founded his own firm in 1893, before Illinois established its law requiring licensing for architects without earning an architecture degree.”

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Two independent web sources confirm Wright founded his own firm in 1893.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright playe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Frank Lloyd Wright designed 1,141 houses, commercial buildings and other works throughout his lifetime, including 532 that were eventually built. As of 2013, there were 409 extant structures designed …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Frank_Lloyd_Wright_wor…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (December 27, 1898 – March 1, 1985) was the third and last wife of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. They met in November 1924 and married in 1928. Together they established the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olgivanna_Lloyd_Wright

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Claim 6: “Fallingwater, Wright’s highly popular southwestern Pennsylvania tour de force, for example, required an $11.5 million stabilization project to keep it from falling into a waterfall”

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Web sources confirm Fallingwater is in southwestern Pennsylvania and underwent a stabilization project valued around $11 million.

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web search NEUTRAL — Fallingwater is a house museum in Stewart Township in the Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, it is built partly over a waterfal…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallingwater

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web search NEUTRAL — A $11 million post-tensioning stabilization project was undertaken in the early 2000s to reinforce the failing cantilevers. Secondly, Fallingwater’s direct integration with the natural waterfall setti…
https://www.architecturelab.net/architecture/landmark/fallin…

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web search NEUTRAL — History of Fallingwater. Fallingwater a home by Frank Lloyd Wright in Bear Run Pennsylvania. Fallingwater was built for Edgar and Liliane Kaufmann, and is arguably Frank Lloyd Wright’s most famous wor…
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/frank-lloyd-wright…

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Claim 7: “they bought the Eppstein House in Galesburg, Michigan for $368,000. Built in 1953 in Wright’s Usonian style, the 2,500-square-foot three-bed, two-bath property was part of a planned community of Wright homes known as the Acres.”

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Claim 8: “The Eppstein House is listed both on Airbnb and for sale for $2.1 million.”

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Claim 9: “The 11-acre heart-shaped Petra Island in Lake Mahopac — which Massaro purchased in 1996 for $750,000, including the value of a house he traded for it”

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Multiple sources confirm Joe Massaro purchased the 11-acre heart-shaped Petra Island in 1996 for $750,000, including a trade-in property.

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web search NEUTRAL — Massaro House, located on Petre Island in Lake Mahopac, New York.In 1996 sheet metal contractor Joe Massaro acquired Petre Island and the long dormant drawings for the main home.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massaro_House

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web search NEUTRAL — The 11-acre heart-shaped Petra Island in Lake Mahopac — which Massaro purchased in 1996 for $750,000, including the value of a house he traded for it — sits about a mile offshore, boasting two dwellin…
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/owning-rare-frank-l…

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web search NEUTRAL — In 1996, retired contractor Joseph Massaro purchased Petra Island, which included the sale of the sketches: one floor plan, three elevations, and a perspective drawing.
https://www.dwell.com/article/massaro-house-frank-lloyd-wrig…

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Claim 10: “He now operates tours to the island, selling tickets at $150 apiece”

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Claim 11: “Frequent, painstaking maintenance is a constant for owners of Wright’s roughly 400 still-standing houses, many of them concentrated in the Midwest.”

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Wikipedia's 'List of Frank Lloyd Wright works' explicitly states that as of 2013, there were 409 extant structures designed by Wright.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright is a UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of eight buildings across the United States designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_20th-Century_Architecture_…

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Claim 12: “the Chicago-based Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy hands out Wright Spirit Awards at its annual conference.”

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Claim 13: “In 2021, they purchased the 2,200-square-foot two-bed, two-bath Eric and Pat Pratt House next door for $355,000.”

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Claim 14: “In June, Wright’s J.J. Walser Jr. house in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood finally sold for $150,000 after sitting abandoned and deteriorating for 30 years.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the sale of the J.J. Walser Jr. house for $150,000 in June.

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Claim 15: “the nonprofit Austin Coming Together has taken on the task of restoring the Prairie School-style landmark, built in 1903”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the nonprofit Austin Coming Together restoring the J.J. Walser Jr. house.

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Claim 16: “Petra Island in upstate New York, with a 5,000-square-foot wood and concrete main house built from Wright’s original plans.”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm Petra Island in upstate New York has a 5,000-square-foot main house built from Wright's original plans.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Petra (Arabic: ٱلْبَتْراء‎, romanized: Al-Batrāʾ; Ancient Greek: Πέτρα, lit. 'Rock'), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu (Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢛𐢚𐢒‎ or 𐢛𐢚𐢓𐢈‎, *Raqēmō), is an ancient city and a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Many songs are set in New York City or named after a location or feature of the city, beyond simply "name-checking" New York along with other cities.
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Claim 17: “Nearby sits its shy sibling, a guest cottage Wright completed in 1949”

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Multiple sources confirm the existence of a guest cottage (Chahroudi Cottage) on Petra Island completed by Wright in 1949.

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web search NEUTRAL — Petra Island — on the town maps as Petre Island — an 11-acre island in the middle of Lake Mahopac, was purchased in the 1940s by Ahmed Chahroudi, who commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a guest …
https://tribecacitizen.com/2026/08/04/field-trip-wright-over…

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web search NEUTRAL — Frank Lloyd Wright remains a major figure in the history of American architecture. But when it comes to maintaining his surviving homes — well, that remains a...Nearby sits its shy sibling, a guest co…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/06/real-estate/owning-a-rare-fran…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Chahroudi Cottage. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Original Petra Island Design.The guest house, now known as the Chahroudi Cottage, was completed during Wright’s lifetime and remains an authentic Frank Lloy…
https://wrightoverwater.com/the-chahroudi-cottage

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