In 2004, months after orchestrating the audacious $7.5 million bid to purchase and preserve Mies van der Rohe’s famed Farnsworth House, David Bahlman, who served as president of Landmarks Illinois at the time, found himself in a nervous hurry as he made his way from Chicago to the site of the home in southwest suburban Plano.
Heavy rain and flooding had hit the area, and Mr. Bahlman was headed to see if water had damaged the architectural masterpiece.
