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The Zimmerman House was built for the California dream. Like other mid-century modernist homes built in Los Angeles, this 1950 Craig Ellwood project was low slung and open, with floor-to-ceiling windo...

A disturbing rise in historic homes being torn down and replaced with modern mansions is sweeping across America. 

The Zimmerman House was built for the California dream. Like other mid-century modernist homes built in Los Angeles, this 1950 Craig Ellwood project was low slung and open, with floor-to-ceiling

Time’s ticking on the deadline to save the John Schmidtke house on Toll Gate Road in Elgin, a historic Kane County landmark that will need to be torn down for new development if someone doesn't agree to move it to a new site.

A mid-century modern home in suburban Chicago is being offered for free to anyone willing to move it to a new location before it’s scheduled to be demolished.

A mid-century modern home in suburban Chicago is being offered for free to anyone willing to move it to a new location before its scheduled to be demolished.

A mid-century modern home in Elgin is being offered for free to anyone willing to move it to a new location before it’s scheduled to be demolished.

ELGIN, Ill. (AP) — A mid-century modern home in suburban Chicago is being offered for...

The historic, mid-century modern home in Kane County used to have official landmark status. Now it’s just in the way, and was on the verge of demolition before a prospective owner surfaced recently.

A home in Illinois is completely free, but the buyer has to move it by April 1. Julia Thavong The home is free if you can move it by April 1,