Originally listed in 2009 at $2.3 million, the price was cut to $1.5 million, and was purchased earlier this week after another reduction to $1.25 million.
The house was built in 1953 by Ben Rose, an architect and hand screened textile and wallpaper designer. He and his wife Frances, were the only owners of the A. James Speyer-designed building.
'Sophisticated adult treehouse': The glass house
features in the 1986 cult classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It has sold
for $1.25 million
The 1986 film, starring Matthew Broderick (in
the driving seat), Alan Ruck (back seat) and Mia Sara (passenger seat)
features a Ferrari that appears in the pivotal scene
Horror moment: The Ferrari in the film goes
crashing out of one of the glass windows into a ravine below much to the
horror of Cameron, played by Alan Ruck
Ominous: The glass garage of the house, which
was added on 20 years after the original build in 1953 - you can just
about make out a red Ferrari
At 4,300 square feet, the home in highland Park, Chicago, Illinois consists of four bedrooms and four baths and is situated on one acre of wooded land. The pavilion also has room for four cars, which was designed 20 years later, according to Top Ten Real Estate Deals.
It is of course best known for the 1986 John Hughes film that launched the career of Matthew Broderick as Ferris, the student who just wanted to avoid school for one last time before he went to college.
With the parents at work, Ferris, his neurotic best friend Cameron and girlfriend, Sloan, embarked on their tour of Chicago in a liberated Ferrari belonging to Cameron's dad.
In the pivotal scene of the film, Cameron has a breakdown in the room after returning his father's beloved Ferrari but discovering that hundreds of miles have been added to its speedometer.
He then kicks the car repeatedly before sending it crashing through the glass walls into the ravine below.
The 4,300-sq-foot Highland Park, Illinois home
is also known as the Ben Rose house. It has four bedrooms, four
bathrooms and the famous car pavilion, not to mention stunning views
What better place to bunk off school than here? The house was originally built in 1953 and has only had one owner
Ben Rose and his wife, Frances, built the A.
James Speyer designed house in 1953. Speyer was a well-known architect
and professor at Illinois Institute of Technology and was Curator of
Twentieth Century Paintings and Sculpture at The Art Institute of
Chicago
Museum? Ferris says of Cameron's house in the
film: 'The place is like a museum. It's very beautiful and very cold,
and you're not allowed to touch anything'
Originally on the market for $2.3 million, it struggled to find a buyer until this year, which it finally sold for $1.25 million
Bueller? Bueller? Ferris, played by Broderick, would surely approve of the sale of his best friend Cameron's home
DM
No comments:
Post a Comment