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Purchase of famous home blocked
By CHRISTOPHER WILLS Associated Press
Sunday, February 16, 2003
Springfield, Ill. -- The state's attorney general has blocked the state's plans to buy a house known internationally as an architectural masterpiece, saying this month that she questions its value.
The steel-and-glass Farnsworth House is considered one of the masterworks of famed architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Lawmakers set aside $7 million for the house in 2001 after the owner announced plans to sell it.
Contract negotiations delayed completion of the sale, and now Attorney General Lisa Madigan is using her authority to...