Exclusive | Rare $2.1M Frank Lloyd Wright home is back on the market after a 2-for-1 deal failed

A Frank Lloyd Wright home in Michigan is back on the market for $2.1 million after failing to find a buyer as part of a bundled deal, The Post has learned.The Samuel and Dorothy Eppstein House in Galesburg, Mich., is listed with Sotheby’s International Realty. The 1953 Usonian residence is built from roughly 3,000 hand-cast concrete blocks and sits on 2 acres inside The Acres — a 70-acre enclave of Wright-designed homes near Kalamazoo that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.In fall 2023, the property was offered alongside its neighbor, the Eric and Pat Pratt House, as a $4.5 million package billed as the first time two adjoining Wright homes were sold together.No buyer came forward for the pair.The Pratt House later sold on its own in June 2024 for $1.8 million, leaving the Eppstein House to be marketed alone.Co-owner Marika Broere said in an interview with The Post that the bundled approach hurt the sale.“That format limited the buyer pool,” Broere said.Broere and her partner, Tony Hillebrandt, bought the deteriorating house in 2016 and completed a major restoration the following year.

Broere said that work should ease a common concern among Wright buyers, who often worry about costly upkeep.“The roof, plumbing, electrical, heating and cooling, drainage, glazing and woodwork have all been addressed,” Broere said.“There is no restoration project awaiting the next owner.”Even so, the home’s location and its price tag present hurdles.

Galesburg is a small Michigan city about a two-hour drive from Detroit, far from the coastal markets that typically drive top-dollar sales of architectural landmarks. Broere said the unusual nature of the property makes it hard to price against other sales.“Its $2.1 million asking price must also be considered in light of the scarcity of comparable sales for properties of this kind,” Broere said.She said she expects the eventual buyer to be a specific type of collector.“Its eventual owner wi...