Highland Park Keck & Keck Design Hits Market For 2nd Time Ever

HIGHLAND PARK, IL —Surrounded by ravine views, a Keck & Keck modernist ranch home commissioned in the mid 1950s and built on a 1.17-acre lot about a block from Lake Michigan on Maple Avenue was listed Monday for nearly $1.05 million.

The home is designed around a central courtyard, which is surrounded by living, dining and cooking areas. The wood-paneled interior includes 10 rooms in 3,430 square feet of living space.

With "simple lines" and "uncluttered surfaces," the home features floor-to-ceiling windows facing its wooded surroundings, which "make a perfect backdrop to appreciate all four seasons," according to its listing.

The home has five bedrooms, three bathrooms and a multi-sided wood-burning fireplace. The unfinished basement has space for a rec room and storage.

Chicago-based architects George and William Keck designed hundreds of affordable and pioneering modernist homes between the mid-1930s to the late 1970s, many of which were build on the North Shore. Known for their use of glass, steel and passive solar design, the brothers' firm gained fame from the Century of Progress Exposition's House of Tomorrow exhibit. The firm's solar homes, showcased first in 1940 in Wisconsin and Glenview, could maintain indoor temperatures without additional heating and saved up to 20 percent on energy costs.

Property records show the home was purchased from its first owners for $950,000 in August 2009. The 2018 fair market value of the home was nearly $1.1 million and its annual property tax bill was over $27,000, according to the Lake County Assessor's Office.

The current owners have replaced the roof and the home's backrooms have been updated, according to its listing. The property is being sold as-is, its listing said.

• Address: 151 Maple Ave, Highland Park, Illinois
• Price: $1,049,000
• Square Feet: 3,430
• Lot Size: 1.17 acres
• Bedrooms: 5
• Bathrooms: 3 full
• Built: 1956
• Listed: $1,049,000 on Jan. 28

This listing originally appeared on realtor.com. For more information and photos, click here.

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