One of Frank Lloyd Wright's largest private homes – and one of only three in the Sooner State of Oklahoma – has sold for $3.56 million.
This final sale price, first reported by Mansion Global, represents a discount of approximately 55% from the airy mansion's original 2023 asking price of $7.99 million.
Wright designed the Tulsa residence called Westhope for his cousin—hence its rare style and striking size.
According to Zillow, the seller, Tulsa real estate investor William Stuart Price, last listed the property in February for $3.5 million.
He bought the home in 2021 for $2.5 million from a Tyson Foods heiress. The neglected home reportedly required extensive renovations, including waterproofing, kitchen upgrades and window glass replacement.
Price had a lot going on: Westhope has 5,200 panes of glass covering its exterior and 10,400 square feet of interior space. The mansion also has a pool and a guest house on its 1.5-acre property.
The five-bedroom, five-bathroom home was built for Richard Lloyd Jones, a newspaper publisher and Wright's cousin. The geometric textile block facade is a Wright innovation. Westhope is the only example of the architect's striking textile block style outside of California.
According to “Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography” by Meryle Secrest, Westhope fell victim to the most common pitfall of Wright designs: leaks.
When Jones and his wife complained to his cousin, Wright reportedly replied, “This is what we get for leaving a work of art out in the rain.”
The buyers are a young couple, Mansion Global reported. Real estate agents Peter Walter of Walter & Associates and Rob Allen of Sage Sotheby's International Realty handled the sale.
Allen told the outlet that the couple has ties to Tulsa and intends to continue restoring and preserving the home.