The Hallowell house was built in 1989 as the main residence on a 700-acre cattle estate. Designed by Gene Zellmer, the Spanish Revival–inspired three-bedroom home features saltillo-tile floors, playful curvilinear shapes, undulating beams, an archway motif, and kiva-like fireplaces.
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The property, a half hour from downtown Fresno, includes a second house with four bedrooms, a two-bedroom cottage, a barn, a chicken coop, horse/cattle pens, a garden, an infinity pool, mature oaks, a creek, and lake and hillside views. $5,620,000. Sarah Hedrick, Realty Concepts, (559) 681-2111.
Pound Ridge, New York
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This 1980 three-bedroom home has been gut-renovated and custom finished. The house has wood and radiant-heated tile floors; custom millwork; oversize steel windows; two floor-to-ceiling marble-slab fireplaces, in the primary bedroom and in the double-height, vaulted living room; a black-marble chef's kitchen; and a 60-foot heated indoor lap pool with sauna.
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Designed by Carl Abbott as a beach house, this 1989 three-bedroom in Tierra Verde showcases modernist angles and floor-to-ceiling windows framing Gulf of Mexico views. The main living space features white-oak floors, cement posts, a fireplace, floating stairs to a loft, a chef's kitchen, and a dining area.
The windows of this 1982 Frank Lloyd Wright–inspired home stand floor-to-ceiling and slope down its angled roof. The updated five-bedroom house has wood-clad interiors, a stone fireplace wall, a sunken living room, a gourmet kitchen, an elevator, and a screened sun-room.
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The 5-acre property, 20 minutes' drive from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, sits on a peninsula along the Wye River and includes 450 feet of water frontage, a pool, a pool house, and a four-bedroom guesthouse. $3,995,000. Brad Kappel, TTR Sotheby's International Realty, (410) 279-9476.
Carefree, Arizona
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Taliesin professor Michael P. Johnson designed this 1980 home and its 2019 renovation. The four-bedroom circular house, elevated on stone and cement pillars, combines an organic aesthetic with oversize windows framing desert and mountain views; rooms include a chef's kitchen with original cabinets flowing into a wood-beamed living room with a semicircular fireplace.
This Territorial Revival–style three-bedroom was built in 1989. The updated house features an eat-in kitchen with Southwestern art tiles, open shelving, breakfast nook, and an arched door leading to a living room with beamed ceilings, bamboo floors, fireplace with gas insert, and French doors to a formal dining room.
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