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Spend the Night With Frank Lloyd Wright for Just $100

Where: Mason City, IA, United States, 50402

A long, long, time ago, practically an eternity ago on the internet really, we learned that a hotel once designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Mason City, Iowa would reopen after years of disrepair in the grand year of 2010. So that didn't happen last year but ArtInfo reports on that after an $18 million renovation, The Historic Park Inn Hotel is now officially open to FLW-enthusiasts, and anyone else who is stranded in Mason City for a night.

After hanging in a state of precarious decline for the past 30 years, the renewed Historic Park Inn Hotel emerges with plenty for Wright fans to marvel at: his original art-glass skylights in the lobby, reproductions of furniture found in his other properties, a restored multi-colored terra-cotta façade, and a freshly repaired roof with its characteristically Prairie School hanging eaves. The hotel features 27 guest suites, a bar, a restaurant, and an 8,000-square-foot conference room.

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Frank Lloyd Wright Hotel Could Open by 2010

We normally think of Frank Lloyd Wright as a guy who designed homes, but he also created a handful of hotels, including the now-destroyed Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.

His last remaining hotel is in Mason City, Iowa, and soon enough, you'll have the chance to stay there. A major renovation project will fix up both the Park Inn Hotel and an adjoining bank, and should be finished by 2010. (Of course, "should be" are the operative words here.)

If you can't wait until 2010 to stay in the Wright hotel, our little bro site Jaunted has plenty of dish on the architect's famous (and not-so-famous) buildings around the US.

Related Stories:
· Last Wright Hotel on Track for 2010 Reopening [Preservation]
· Wright on the Park/Park Inn Hotel [Official Site]
· Historic Hotels coverage [HotelChatter]
· Frank Lloyd Wright coverage [Jaunted]