In 2003, Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House went to auction as buyers considered moving it; preservation groups paid over $7.5 million to keep the Illinois landmark on its original site

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The Farnsworth House was built for Dr. Edith Farnsworth as a weekend retreat (Image Credit: William E. Dunlap via National Trust for Historic Preservation)

Completed in 1951, the house is a 1,586-square-foot, single-storey structure made largely of steel and glass. It sits beside the Fox River in Plano, Illinois, on a 62-acre property (Image Credit: National Trust for Historic Preservation)

Today, the Farnsworth House is recognised as an iconic work of modernist architecture and has National Historic Landmark status (Image Credit: National Trust for Historic Preservation)