History geek? Live in or near Chicago/Indiana/Michigan? Or are you perhaps...an architect?? *wink-wink*
Check THIS out. I got to tour two of these houses when I worked at the Chicago Historical Society. I know the Florida home was recently given (yes GIVEN, as in free, here, take it) to a couple who promised to rehab it. As far as I know, the others are still in pretty serious disrepair. Worth a drive-by nonetheless.