Linda McQuillen, a retired Math teacher, bought her house in 1989. She has no clue that the real estate property that she bought 25 years ago was once one of the first few designs made by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Curbed reports that the retired teacher from Madison, Linda McQuillen, thought that when she bought the house she was getting a property from somebody who did a pretty good job in "copying the a Wright home." In 1989, she bought the house for $100,000.00. She did some "remodeling in in keeping with the style in which Wright had designed the place in 1917."
Report says that the property was designed in 1917. The said property came with factory-built materials, which was called American System-Built Houses.
News Artnet says that the real estate property that Linda McQuillen bought is considered a 20th century architectural history today. All the while, she thought that her 1,800-square-foot stucco home is an imitation of Wright's Prairie School style home design. It was later in 2009 that McQuillen thought that it was more than a copy. She received a letter from Wright scholar Mary Jane Hamilton, who engaged in researching Wright's homes in Wisconsin.
If you are not familiar with Frank Lloyd Wright, he was a renowned American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, who was born in Wisconsin.He was known to have designed over 1,000 structures.
According to Quartz, Linda McQuillen appears like she have won big time in housing lottery. In 2009, Hamilton studied the house of McQuillen closely. She found out that from a 1917 ad printed in "Wisconsin State Journal for homes designed by the legendary American architect." It was further confirmed by the tell-tale signs that Hamilton's been bearing in mind- Wright was known to make house stud distance with 24 inches apart, standard distance is only 16. "The house was part of Wright's American System-Built Homes project, aimed at making beautifully-designed houses affordable."
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