Elizabeth and Rollin Furbeck Home Archives

Wright’s Elizabeth and Rollin Furbeck House hits the market

by Lacey Sikora May 29, 2025May 29, 2025

After 27 years, Deb and Tom Abrahamson are selling their Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house in Oak Park. The Elizabeth and Rollin Furbeck Home at 515 Fair Oaks Ave. was designed in 1897. Rollin Furbeck was the third of five sons of stockbroker Warren Furbeck. Warren gifted the house to his son as a wedding gift. […]

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