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Price drops on Modernist house from "Ferris Bueller"

By Rain Noe - August 13, 2010

in Object Culture

Who could forget the Mies-van-der-Rohe-esque house Cameron lived in in Ferris Bueller, the one with the glass garage where he sent his dad's 1961 Ferrari 250GT plummeting to its doom?

Over a year ago we started seeing blog posts indicating the Highland Park house was on the market, going for $2.3 mil. We checked the listing yesterday and not only has the house not sold, but the price has dropped to $1.65 mil. This is your chance, lucky Core77 reader, to swoop in and save yourself $650,000! You better invite us over after you buy it.

Officially called the Ben Rose Home, the steel and glass structures are located at 370 Beech Street in Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago. They were designed by 20th-century architects A. James Speyer and David Haid.

As Chicago-area '80s movies houses go, this one's a better look than that Colonial rat-trap Macaulay Culkin got locked up in.

Rebellious teenager not included

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LookoutforChris

14 years ago

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The car is about 6 - 7 times more expensive than the house. It would be a hell of a deal if it came with the car:

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/19/1961-ferrari-california-spyder-sells-for-record-10-894-900/
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emanster provolone

14 years ago

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It would be super hilarious if someone bought this place, then bought the Ferrari to go with it. Then legally changed their name to Ferris Bueller. Actually that would be a little weird.
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Adam Sturm

14 years ago

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Man, I would so live here. This house is SWEET. I would totally rob a bank if it came with the car (not smashed).
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