The Woltz Mansion was a large, almost palatial mansion located just outside of Hollywood California, owned by Jack Woltz. It included a large swimming pool and stable where Woltz housed his prize race horse, Khartoum. In 1945, Woltz refused to make a deal with the Corleone family from New York City who responded by sending Luca Brasi to sneak into his compound after hours and beheading Khartoum before Read More
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Ferris Bueller House, Highland Park Illinois
The Ben Rose / Ferris Bueller House is a private residence designed by modernist architect A. James Speyer, a student of Mies van der Rohe and built in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois in 1953.[1] The property sits “surrounded by trees in a ravine” and “was held up as a model for steel home craftsmanship.”[2] Textile artist Ben Rose and his wife, Francis, moved Read More