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Designed by LaVerne Lantz, This Wisconsin Home Built Into the Landscape Sold Quickly

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Lantz was an American architect still beloved by a cadre of design aficionados—there’s even a Facebook page for owners of his residential designs.

The Delafield home debuted on the market in early July for $400,000 and quickly had $15,000 cut from the price. It wound up selling for $352,000—or $175 per square foot, a price right in line with the town median.

Lantz’s skill was building into the landscape, whether rolling hills or flat prairie. He designed approximately 150 homes between the early 1960s and late 1990s, almost all in Wisconsin, and died in 1998.

According to the Wisconsin Historical Society, Lantz was born in 1929 in Milwaukee. Armed with an industrial-arts degree, he embarked on a career teaching architectural drafting to high school students before opening his own firm in the 1950s.

With three bedrooms and three bathrooms, this 2,010-square-foot home with interior stone walls and an open layout with walls of windows resembles the designs of another famed Wisconsin architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. But Lantz built this home in 1984, 25 years after Wright’s death. He was reportedly a devotee of Wright’s aesthetic, and it’s evident in his design.

The addition of stained-glass windows in the entryway, the kitchen, and living room further deepens the connection between the two architects’ organic style.

The home is set on a 1.6-acre lot, with seamless transitions between the interiors and outdoors. The living spaces are on one level, with a finished lower level as well. Elements used in the home’s construction include rough cedar walls and a fireplace crafted from locally sourced Lannon stone. Lantz opted for red-tile flooring, somewhat akin to Wright’s favored Cherokee red, on the entry stairway.

Exterior of home in Delafield, WI

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