Barrington, IL

Judy Gibbons, Realtor and current NASBAR President and Chairman of the Board of the Northshore Barrington Area Realtor Association and her company Hunters Fairway Sotheby’s International Realty were selected amongst other luxury home Realtors in the Barrington area as the exclusive listing agent of a rare and dramatic lakefront, (prairie modern) home designed and built by renowned architect Milton Schwartz.

Milton Schwartz was born in Chicago in 1925, studied architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1943-1947, apprenticed in Chicago and received his architectural license in 1952. Schwartz opened Milton Schwartz and Associates in 1951, which successfully operated until 1985. His career was unorthodox insofar as he was simultaneously a contractor, developer and an architect. His buildings were concentrated in Chicago and nearby towns such as Waukegan, Illinois, and Indianapolis, Indiana, where Schwartz designed apartment complexes. In Chicago his buildings included hotels, motels, and high-rise apartment buildings. In the decade of the 1960s Schwartz was also the architect for the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, where he designed several projects including a 22-story addition and two large restaurants. Schwartz’ work was included in a 1993 exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Schwartz had spoken about his boyhood in Chicago and about the tremendous influence of his immigrant father who was a plumbing and HVAC contractor. Schwartz’ exposure to building and construction at an early age enforced his desire to become an architect. Mr. Schwartz had studied at the University of Illinois, where he heard presentations by Frank Lloyd Wright, who was an inspiring visiting lecturer. Schwartz had been selected to complete construction contracts after World War II for the Navy on installations in the Chicago area. Milton Schwartz had continued by designing larger construction projects. His first major design and construction project, a 21-story condominium building, 320 Oakdale, is currently located adjacent to Chicago’s Lincoln Park, which he built as a young man. Mr. Schwartz had gone on to build the Executive House, a modern hotel, in the heart of Chicago, which was then one of the tallest reinforced concrete buildings in the world. Schwartz may be remembered best for his work in Las Vegas as architect for the Dunes Hotel in the decade of the 1960s, during which time the owners reopened a shuttered property and continually added to it, with Schwartz as their lead designer.

This contemporary treasure is considered Modern Prairie architecture and was built in 1962. This lake front luxury home is set on a five plus private acre parcel with more than 160 feet of frontage on Honey Lake. This North Barrington Home features black walnut, cedar, cypress, stone and marble .This Milton Schwartz home is a spacious contemporary North Barrington home with a fully finished walkout lower level, and more than 5,400 feet of living space.

Come and see this masterpiece of a home by one of Chicago’s most revered architects. The home is listed for sale by Judy Gibbons of Hunter’s Fairway Sotheby’s International Realty. Feel free to contact Judy to make an appointment for a private viewing of this spectacular home at: 847-381-7100, and photos maybe seen at http://judygibbons.huntersfairwaysir.com/