Racine Sun

A piece of history is now there for the taking, with a Mount Pleasant home designed by the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright nearly seven decades ago now on the open market for the first time in history.

The Racine County Eye reports the 4,978-square-foot Usonian, famous flat-roof property known as the Keland House, at 1425 Valley View Drive, is now on the open market for $725,000.

With six bedrooms and seven bathrooms and surrounded by pines and other greenery on three acres that overlook Root River, the abode off Spring Street was formerly occupied by Karen Johnson Boyd, the daughter of Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr., of SC Johnson, Racine County Eye reported.

“I was in awe of the architecture I was surrounded by,” said Creative Juice Studios photographer/videographer Chris Wohlgefahrt, who was selected by the Tony Veranth Team of RE/MAX Newport Elite to photograph the home, according to Racine County Eye. “The more time I spent in this house, the more I fell in love with it.”

Mark Hertzberg, a friend of the former owner, wrote a biography that features the story of the creation of the house, which includes many pictures of the inside, Racine County Eye reported. He added the residence was designed and built in honor of the owner’s childhood home and for her and her first husband, adding she died in 2016.

In its listings for the property, Zillow states “this is a rare opportunity to own a work by America’s most prominent architect,” according to Racine County Eye.