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Frank Lloyd Wright home in Wichita opens for regular tours

photo courtesy Frank Lloyd Wright Allen House Museum
photo courtesy Frank Lloyd Wright Allen House Museum

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright has re-opened to the public on a regular basis nearly 100 years after being built.

The Wichita Eagle reports that from 1992 until recently, the buff-brick house on a residential street in College Hill was open only by appointment because the zoning of the house didn’t allow it to be open every day.

Applying for a zoning change has been on operation manager Amy Reep’s to-do list since she started her position last week. Reep, the home’s first full-time employee, says she recently began opening a couple mornings a week, and that the schedule is expected to expand for garden parties and twilight hours, with the ultimate goal of being open every day.

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