Ferris Bueller House Drops Listing Price to $1.8 Million

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(HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS) -- Last Sunday's Oscar tribute to late director John Hughes served as a reminder that the Ferris Bueller house is still on the market.

In the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," the steel and glass house in the forested Chicago suburb of Highland Park was used as the home for Bueller's friend, Cameron. A glass pavilion overlooking the wooded hillside served as a garage for Cameron's father's ill-fated Ferrari.

Known locally as "the Ben Rose House," the property was designed by architects A. James Speyer and David Haid, well-known protégés of Mies van der Rohe. The house was built in 1953 and the pavilion added a few years later.

The four-bedroom, 5,300-square-foot house first went on the market last May, priced at $2.3 million. But now it's been reduced to $1.8 million, according to the listing.

"Several architects" are interested in the property, according to listing agent Meladee Hughes of Sudler Sotheby's International Realty.

"We are actually discussing an auction this spring if we do not have an acceptable offer in the next 30 days," Hughes said in an e-mail.

The estate is willing to make a first mortgage for a qualified buyer, she said. The mid-century modern furniture in the house also will be available for sale.

Beyond its cinematic fame, "this is a most unusual property that can never be duplicated because of the magnificent site over the ravines," Hughes notes.

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