A modernist house in Illinois came surprisingly close to being taken apart and moved away from the landscape it was designed for. In 2003, the Farnsworth House, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, was put up for sale, and some potential buyers were interested in dismantling it and moving it to another state. According to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the house faced an imminent threat, and the organisation joined Landmarks Illinois and local supporter John Bryan to save it. They bought it at auction for more than $7.5 million, keeping the landmark where Mies had intended it to stand.
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