Nonprofit takes control of decaying Frank Lloyd Wright house in Chicago's Austin neighborhood

Source CBS Local
Original Load Date June 25, 2026, 7 p.m.
Last Updated June 25, 2026, 7 p.m.
Original URL https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/frank-lloyd-wright-house-austin-chicago-nonprofit/

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There is new hope for an aging and endangered house on Chicago's West Side, which just so happens to have been designed by none other than Frank Lloyd Wright. A nonprofit has taken ownership of the Joseph Jacob Walser Jr. House, at 42 N. Central Ave. in the South Austin neighborhood. "It's definit...