I think it may be a stretch to call this a "hotel". Its not much different than someboy renting out a house in Ellicottville to ski patrons. Renting out a FLW house by the night to architecture buffs (max 6 people) seems still pretty residential to me. At a minumum $600 a pop I don't think you'll need to worry about too many low rent types coming on in.

If you are neighbor, go down on knock on the door when people are there working on it and introduce yourself and inquire whats going on ;)

This is a novel idea. Are there currenlty any other FLW places that offer this kind of experience?

As a close neighbor to the house, it would have been nicer to hear about this directly from the new owner, rather than reading in Buffalo Rising that a hotel was going to operated on our decidedly residential street!

It is not to late to send us a letter describing the plans, or inviting us to an open house -

I live right behind the house and I love the idea. God speed Russ Maxwell and Gerhardt Yaskow!

This is a very cool idea. Great timing too with all the other FLW buildings making news around town.

I think a B and B would be a great idea for the FLW at Soldier's Place. I walked by it the other day and sadly it is falling tnto disrepair. I know in Oak Park Ill there is a family who are purchasing and fixing up their collection of FLW houses. They purchase a house and return it to the original state and sell it then move on to the next FLW project.

I think Bidwell and Soldier's Place make a heck of a lot of sense, in that there is a back and seperate area for inn keepers to live and the proximity to Elmwood. Albright Knox and downtown is perfect. Imagine how many of our neighbors to the north would love to stay at such a historic place...

Although I am not a fan of FLW, many people are (I used to scrape my knees running around one of the houses when visiting a friend from 1st grade who lived in one/cement furniture and hard oak) He was very rigid and yes I agree with the person who made the same observation. But for some fans (many) it would be a draw.

This is awesome news for Buffalo! This will create even more synergy for the Frank Lloyd Wright movement in Buffalo. From what I gather, there's not many places where you can "rent out" a FLW house. Bravo to Mr. Maxwell and his vision.