Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fawcett Farm Is Back on the Market for $3.8M

Sited on 76 bucolic acres, the home in California’s Central Valley recently underwent an award-winning restoration with guidance from the legendary architect’s grandson.
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Location: Los Banos, California

Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright 

Restoration Architect: Arthur Dyson

Price: $3,825,000 (previously $4,250,000)

 Year Built: 1961

Footprint: 4,041 square feet (seven bedrooms, 6 baths)

Lot Size: 76 acres

From the Agent: "In imagining the ideal setting for living a full, free, and rich life, Frank Lloyd Wright strove for an architecture where: ‘We have no longer an outside and an inside as two separate things. Now the outside may come inside, and the inside may and does go outside. They are of each other. Form and function thus become one in design and execution if the nature of materials and method and purpose are all in unison.’ That this unity is achieved at Fawcett Farm cannot fully be conveyed by words and pictures, but only by direct experience. Sited on 76 acres of land in California’s Central Valley, the residence and surrounding gardens afford an island of peace rising from the crops and merging with the distant mountains on the far horizon. A multi-award winning, world-class restoration and enhancements to the landscape, gardens, and security have been completed by the second owners in consultation with Eric Lloyd Wright, and overseen by Taliesin Associate architect Arthur Dyson."

The expansive home features an L-shaped wall of windows overlooking the backyard lawn and pool.

The expansive home features an L-shaped wall of windows overlooking the backyard lawn and pool.

Overseen by Arthur Dyson Associates and a team of engineers and landscape designers, the home’s renovation received a 2019 Preservation Design Award for Restoration from the California Preservation Foundation.

Overseen by Arthur Dyson Associates and a team of engineers and landscape designers, the home’s renovation received a 2019 Preservation Design Award for Restoration from the California Preservation Foundation.

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The kitchen has been fully renovated while retaining the character of Wright’s original design.

The kitchen has been fully renovated while retaining the character of Wright’s original design.

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The lush property features a Koi pond and a Japanese garden just steps away from the main residence.

The lush property features a Koi pond and a Japanese garden just steps away from the main residence.

The property comes with 76 deeded acres, and farmland extends for miles around the home.

The property comes with 76 deeded acres, and farmland extends for miles around the home.

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