The Warren Hickox House, which sits about an hour south of Chicago in the 680 block of South Harrison Avenue, was listed Thursday for $779,000 through @properties agent Victoria Krause Schutte."It’s a living, breathing piece of art," Schutte told the Sun-Times. "You walk into the home and you feel like you’re in a special place. … You just feel good there.
Schutte is also overseeing the sales of three other homes designed by the famed architect, who built his first home in Oak Park, in Michigan. Those listings have drawn interest from buyers as far away as Dubai.The first showing was scheduled for Monday, though Schutte said she expects interest to pick up, especially locally."Everybody in the community knows about this house," Schutte said. "But no one has been in it for 50 years, so there’s sort of a mystique about the house.