Ferris Bueller Travel: The Ferrari House Hits the Market

May 29, 2009 at 9:07 AM | by JetSetCD | 0 Comments

While nothing would give us greater pleasure than to do a series on places featured in the classic movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off, a simple visit to Chicago should take care of most of your curiosity. That is, unless you've got a hankering to visit the real stars of the movie like Ferris' school or, even better yet, the infamous Ferrari House.

Since Ferris was filmed both in Chicago's downtown and suburbs, the suburban destinations are the hardest to locate and reach, thereby giving them cult status. While anyone is welcome to drive into the parking lot at Northbrook's Glenbrook North High School, the forest-hidden contemporary house in Highland Park, which serves as the home of Ferris' friend Cameron Frye, is far more secluded.

In the movie, Cameron famously drives his father's pristine Ferrari through the windows and into the ravine below while (wrongly) attempting to turn back the odometer. In addition to this major scene, the architectural interest of this house, designed in 1953 by A. James Speyer and David Haid, steals the show by sharply contrasting with the laid-back, carefree youthful energy of Ferris and his antics.

Sadly the house is a private residence tucked away in the woods, but luckily for fans of Ferris and modern architecture, it has just come onto the market. If you've got the guts to call up Sotheby's International Realty and take a tour of this gem, on the market for 2.3 million dollars, you'll have achieved your life goal of visiting all of the Ferris landmarks. Just act now, before a hardcore fan actually up and buys the place.

Related Stories:
· 370 Beech Street [Sotheby's Realty]
· For sale: Ferris Bueller Ferrari house in Highland Park, Illinois, USA [RetroToGo]
· Architecture Travel Coverage [Jaunted]

[Photos: Sotheby's International Realty]

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