Bueller’s Glass House!

Bueller’s Glass House!

Bueller's Glass House!

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We still cringe at remembering the red 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder convertible fall from its jacks and go careening through the plate glass wall into the ravine below. Teenage lesson learned? You can’t remove mileage from an odometer by running a car in reverse. The 1986 film "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off," now a cult classic, starred Matthew Broderick as Ferris, who just wanted to play hookie from school for a day to explore and enjoy the city of Chicago for one last time before the responsibility of college began. With all parents at work, Ferris, his best friend Cameron and girlfriend, Sloan, embarked on their see-the-city tour in Cameron’s dad’s Ferrari after Cameron reluctantly agreed. With many mishaps along the way and being trailed by the school dean and Ferris’ sister, the film was clever and probably planted seeds in the minds of too many teenagers. Film writer, producer and director John Hughes, brought to life the high school fantasy of both teenagers and adults alike. Even more interesting is that Hughes wrote the entire script in under a week. It turned out to be the biggest box office success of 1986.

Though no one will never forget the stunning view of forest and tree tops from the film, the house has an interesting past as well. Before it was referred to as the Ferris Bueller House, it was and is more accurately known as the Rose House.

Ben Rose was an artist and world renowned hand screened textile and wallpaper designer who was a favorite of architects and designers. With the aid of his wife, Frances and interior decorator Helen Stern, he went into private business as Ben Rose, Inc. in 1946. The three grew the business to a factory with as many as 50 employees by 1967. In addition to being a talented artist, he was also an enthusiastic car collector, which resulted in the car pavilion being added to the house in 1974.

The Roses built the A. James Speyer designed house in 1953. Speyer was a well-known architect, professor at Illinois Institute of Technology and was Curator of Twentieth Century Paintings and Sculpture at The Art Institute of Chicago. The combination of talents between the Roses and James Speyer created what might be considered by some to be the epitome of a sophisticated adult treehouse designed for endless creative inspiration.

At 4,300 square feet, the home consists of four bedrooms and four baths and is situated on one acre of wooded land. In 1958, the house was one of twelve homes in the nation featured in a Bethlehem Steel publication promoting the use of steel framing for residential design.

Iconic "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off" house, designed by James Speyer and built by famous textile designer, is now listed at $1.5 million.

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