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It is a secluded 7 1/2 acres in the shadow of the Woodfield corridor - a spot where the architectural styles of Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe converge in redwood, glass and brick.
And despite having a spot on the National Register of Historic Places, the Schweikher house and studio at 645 S. Meacham Road in Schaumburg remains at risk of being felled by sewage processing needs in the Northwest suburbs.
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago in 1987 acquired the property from its owners, Alexander Jr. and Martyl Langsdorf, through a court order. Attorneys argued the district someday would need the land for expansion of the neighboring John E. Egan Water Reclamation Plant.
Though the court sided with the water reclamation district, the Langsdorfs succeeded in getting "life tenancy" of the house. Martyl, an internationally known painter whose work is on display at the Art Institute of Chicago, continues to live there with her black poodle, Atom. And she has...