, who reached out to Wright after hearing him speak at the Chrysler Museum. “Dear Mr. Wright,” she wrote to the architect in 1951, “Will you please help us get the beautiful house we have dreamed of for so long?” Cooke specified that she wanted a house in which she could host parties, and this definitely fits the bill.
The great room includes a vaulted cathedral ceiling, stunning views of nearby Crystal Lake and a 40-foot-long built-in sofa that ends with an entertainment center at one end and a gas fireplace at the other. If you wanted to the take the party outside, the back patio overlooks the water, where there’s also a new private dock, deck and pier. The home faces westward, and it’s not hard to imagine how spectacular the sunsets over the lake must be.