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The last of six hotels that Frank Lloyd Wright designed is listed on eBay for $10 million.
The Park Inn Hotel, located in Mason City, Iowa, is not actually up for auction; rather, the city, its current owner, listed the three-story brick building on eBay to generate interest in and funding for its restoration.
The prairie style hotel opened in 1910 to enthusiastic reviews. With its French doors, cantilevered balconies, and central atrium where guests dined under a stained-glass skylight, the building was once one of the town's most elegant establishments. Its popularity eventually declined, however, and the hotel closed in 1972. Although the upper stories were converted into apartments and the ground floor was reserved for commercial space, the building continued to deteriorate.