When a Frank Lloyd Wright house comes to market, we pay attention. And this is one few have seen. Part of the cooperative community designed by Wright called The Acres, the Eppstein House is settled in the woods of Galesburg, Michigan. It was finished in 1953 with a long and low profile and Cherokee red floors that catch the afternoon light through walls of glass. Wright believed a house should belong to its land. Here, the land seems to have agreed. Now, it’s back on the market for $2.1 million.
Though Lloyd Wright, who was mainly active in Southern California and Los Angeles, has his own style, there is certainly a continuation of Usonian architecture in this home’s design. The living and dining space centers on a monumental fireplace, and overhead skylights send daylight down the central gallery. Three bedrooms and two bathrooms unfold in mahogany, handmade concrete block and glass. Ten-foot windows frame the deciduous trees outside, while the seasons do the rest. Green in summer, gold in fall, a clean graphic tangle of branches in winter. “You don’t simply look out at the woods from this house—you feel immersed in them,” listing agent Dylan Tent says.
Owners Marika Broere and Tony Hillebrandt completed a restoration in 2018 that preserved the home’s footprint and architectural character. They restored the mahogany, windows, doors and concrete block. Along with the upgrades you can see, Broere and Hillebrandt renewed the plumbing, electrical, heating and cooling systems, and replaced the roof. The home feels very of its time, but the right buyer will appreciate its innovative use of materials and historical provenance.
The house has also welcomed Wright admirers as an Airbnb. “Opportunities to acquire a Wright home of this importance, in such a remarkable setting and restored with this level of care, simply do not come along very often,” Tent adds.
Dylan Tent of Sotheby’s International Realty represents the listing.
