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Ferris Bueller House Could Be Torn Down

It's on list of endangered landmarks

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(Newser) – The suburban Chicago house where Cameron killed his dad's Ferrari in Ferris Bueller's Day Off is on a list of endangered Illinois landmarks, the Chicago Tribune reports. The Highland Park home is on the market for $2.3 million and is at risk of being torn down. The preservation group Landmarks Illinois says it hopes a public outcry will save the house.

Other homes on the list include three designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, one in Chicago's Austin neighborhood and the others in the suburbs of Glencoe and Lake Bluff.

This Highland Park, Ill., home was designed by architect A. James Speyer.
This Highland Park, Ill., home was designed by architect A. James Speyer.   (©serk1)
The driveway leading to the house, which is on the market for $2.3 million.
The driveway leading to the house, which is on the market for $2.3 million.   (©serk1)
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Sep 17, 09 11:36 AM CDT
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Sep 17, 09 12:08 PM CDT
Save Cameron.
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Abe Froeman, Sausage King of Chicago
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Sep 18, 09 12:01 AM CDT
Yea, he's getting me out of summer school!
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Yourself
Sep 17, 09 11:38 AM CDT
it's a nice house, but just because it was in one movie doesn't make it a landmark house. as for the Frank Lloyd Wright ones, he's one of the best architects of all time. His houses really do stand the test of time. Reply
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