This “Once in a Generation” Frank Lloyd Wright Home Just Got a Huge Price Cut (Take a Look Inside!)
Even non-architecture buffs dream of living in a Frank Lloyd Wright home, and the infrequency of them hitting the market makes them even more of a coveted commodity. The iconic architect is most famous for his Prairie and Usonian builds, but his ultrarare (there are apparently only about 40) concrete textile block homes also have plenty of fans drawn to the signature decorative, geometric designs that make each home an immersive work of art.
Homebuyers looking to own a very significant piece of FLW history are in luck, as one of these unique properties — which happens to be one of the biggest homes Wright ever built during his long career, per the listing agents at Sotheby’s International Realty — just got a massive price cut.
Listing agent Rob Allen even calls it a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity. No kidding!
Built in 1929 for Wright’s cousin Richard Lloyd Jones, per designboom, the Westhope house is the only Wright home in Tulsa (and one of only three in Oklahoma).
If you can afford its $3.5-million price tag, you can make this one-of-a-kind property into your home while also crossing it off your FLW home bucket list.
Wright’s Westhope home, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, sits on a 1.89-acre lot, per the Westhope property website. The grand facade and luxurious landscaping makes the Tulsa, Oklahoma, property look extremely striking.
The two-story mansion is currently on sale for $3.5 million, nearly half off of its original $7.9 million price tag. It boasts five bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms across 10,405 square feet, making it a great deal larger than many FLW homes, as well as a lush private courtyard with trees, a serene landscaped pond, and a large pool all enclosed within a gated area.
Like Wright’s other concrete textile block homes, the Westhope house invites in plenty of natural light with a mix of square glass windows (5,200 in total! Think of how long it might take to dust those!). These windows are interlaced with columns of concrete blocks. The mansion also has floor-to-ceiling windows and geometric skylights, blurring the line between the outdoor and indoor spaces (a FLW signature) and flushing the home with natural light.
There are geometric designs carved into the concrete walls, the stunning, large dark wooden doors, the built-in office cabinets, the stairwells, and even the ceiling air vents, showing Wright’s painstaking attention to detail. Meanwhile while I’m fantasizing, geometric glass enclosures are the perfect place to put plants or a work of art while bringing additional natural light into the space.
While much of the Westhope house features subdued, airy shades of cream and beige, there are several pops of color like the terracotta flooring throughout, as well as colorful bathrooms — like the blue glazed tiling surrounding the sink in one of the bathrooms, and a pink bathroom, too.
Wright showcased several signature features in the home, including built-in furniture like a long bench in the entryway, as well as cabinets and drawers in the same wood grain. There’s also a completely glass wall looking out onto the pool and the private courtyard, achieving Wright’s signature indoor-outdoor look. The home was renovated in 2021 by Stuart Price, a local developer, and according to Realtor.com, Sophia Bush held her wedding party there.