Scary Abandoned Mansion For Sale in Deserted Town

Okay, not really, but we wanted to stick with the Halloween theme. In reality, it’s the non-scary Kaufmann House designed by Richard Neutra in the desert (but not deserted) town of Palm Springs that’s for sale. And it is being abandoned by its divorcing owners, Brent Harris, and the architectural historian Beth Edwards Harris, who will auction the house off at Christie’s in May.

The Harrises were the same residents who commissioned Marmol Radziner for the house’s massive restoration project to return it back to its original Julius Shulman-worthy glory:

When Brent and Beth Harris first saw the Kaufmann House, it was neither a pretty palace nor an obvious candidate for restoration.

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