A house in Northfield designed by one pioneering modernist architect and expanded a few years later by a pair of noted modernists sold in four days. It’s another instance of midcentury modernist houses selling swiftly in an otherwise slow real estate market.
The five-bedroom, 3,100-square-foot house on Wagner Road came on the market Jan. 6 priced at $599,000, and went under contract on Jan. 10. The sale closed Feb. 5 at $615,000.
“We’re so excited,” said Kaeley Byrne, who bought the house with her husband, Ian. “There’s a beautiful simplicity about” the house, she said. “It’s very bright and spacious, very modernist.”
The single-story section of the of the brick, glass and wood house, built in 1939, was the work of Bruce Goff, who would go on to make his name with far more flamboyant homes, such as this one shaped like an onion in Aurora and several outrageous designs in his native Oklahoma.
Goff designed this house and the one next door for a pair of sisters. They are among the first of four projects he completed in Chicago, after moving from Tulsa in the mid-1930s. “It seems like this is early for Goff,” said Byrne, “before his really funky style."
Byrne said she and her husband are fans of midcentury modernism but knew little of Goff before seeing this house. They were represented by her father, John Park of @properties, who specializes in midcentury and is a fan of Goff’s work.
Within a few years of building the house, original owners Chester and Irma Rant added a garage and a second story designed by Perkins & Will, the firm that in 1940 designed Winnetka’s Crow Island School alongside Finnish architects Eliel and Eero Saarinen. Crow Island influenced the design of modern schools nationwide, and the 2,600-person firm Perkins & Will is still headquartered in Chicago.
The two sections of the house blend together, united by “their simplicity,” Byrne said. She’s in the haircare business, and her husband is in sales.
The interior of the house has bare-brick walls in some rooms, windows on corners (a popular modernist flourish) and wood parquet floors. The half-acre property has a tennis court and an organic garden.
The sellers’ agent, Annie Doll of @properties, did not respond to a request for comment. The sellers, who bought the house in 2001 for $499,000, could not be reached for comment.
Park said the house is not protected by any landmark provision that would have prevented demolition.
Recent quick-to-sell midcentury listings include a lovely glass pavilion surrounded by nature in Riverwoods, and a charmer in Indian Head Park.
This one in Skokie that listed Feb. 4 lined up seven potential buyers’ appointments the first day. The listing agent has set a Feb. 9 deadline to review all offers with his sellers.
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