Galesburg, Michigan, has the prestige of being home to a small cache of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed houses created for his Acres residential development in the late 1940s. Though several of them have been on and off the market over the last 70 years and are famous local landmarks, his Weisblat House is lesser known. It’s now being offered for sale for only the second time in its history.
Wright master-planned The Acres in the late 1940s for a group of scientists working in the labs of the Upjohn Company. The site spans approximately 70 acres, though only four Usonian homes were completed in the development, each sitting on a large lot that preserves the natural environment while ensuring privacy.
David and Christine Weisblat were part of the original cooperative group behind The Acres, and theirs was the first house completed in the development. It follows Wright’s Usonian model and is constructed with his concrete textile block system, with wood and brick, and features an open-plan layout. The interior revolves around one of Wright’s signature oversized hearths, with radiant underfloor heating and built-in furniture that maximise space and design cohesion.

Photography: Andy Schwartz / Stylish Detroit. Keller Williams Paint Creek

Photography: Andy Schwartz / Stylish Detroit. Keller Williams Paint Creek

Photography: Andy Schwartz / Stylish Detroit. Keller Williams Paint Creek

Photography: Andy Schwartz / Stylish Detroit. Keller Williams Paint Creek

Photography: Andy Schwartz / Stylish Detroit. Keller Williams Paint Creek

Photography: Andy Schwartz / Stylish Detroit. Keller Williams Paint Creek

Photography: Andy Schwartz / Stylish Detroit. Keller Williams Paint Creek

Photography: Andy Schwartz / Stylish Detroit. Keller Williams Paint Creek

Photography: Andy Schwartz / Stylish Detroit. Keller Williams Paint Creek

Photography: Andy Schwartz / Stylish Detroit. Keller Williams Paint Creek
Living spaces span a single storey, with horizontal lines dominating and an abundance of glass blurring the division between indoors and outdoors. Shared living spaces – the kitchen, dining room, and living room – fill one wing, while bedrooms occupy the other.
In 1961, two years after Wright’s death, the Michigan property was expanded with an addition by his Taliesin apprentices John Howe and William Wesley Peters, which included a new gallery, bathroom, greenhouse, and utility room.
The Weisblat family sold the house in 2016, and its subsequent owner has sensitively renovated and restored the property, including modernising the kitchen and primary bathroom. Brian Kirksey of Keller Williams Paint Creek is the listing agent for the heritage home, with an asking price of $2.25m.
In related news, neighbouring Wright-designed property, The Eppstein House, is still on the market. Take a look at our previous feature on the property.





