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The Kenneth Laurent House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Image courtesy of Wright, Chicago.

Lone bid wins Frank Lloyd Wright house for $578,500

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
The Kenneth Laurent House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Image courtesy of Wright, Chicago.
The Kenneth Laurent House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Image courtesy of Wright, Chicago.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) – The only Frank Lloyd Wright house designed to be handicapped accessible has sold at an Illinois auction for $578,500.

The Rockford Register Star reports that the Rockford house drew one bid from the Laurent House Foundation Board.

The auction was held Thursday in Chicago.

John Groh is the Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau’s president and is adviser to the foundation. He says the foundation is pleased that the community has stepped up to save this treasure.

The newspaper reports that Kenneth and Phyllis Laurent sold the home they’d lived in for nearly 60 years to move to assisted living.

Laurent was a World War II veteran who was in a wheelchair. In 1948, he asked Wright to build him a home.

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Information from: Rockford Register Star, http://www.rrstar.com

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ADDITIONAL IMAGE OF NOTE

The Kenneth Laurent House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Image courtesy of Wright, Chicago.
The Kenneth Laurent House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Image courtesy of Wright, Chicago.
The Kenneth Laurent House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Image courtesy of Wright, Chicago.
The Kenneth Laurent House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Image courtesy of Wright, Chicago.