A home designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, located about 60 miles south of Chicago and marked by a tragic past, is set to become the latest building by the famous architect to be opened up to eager architecture enthusiasts. A group of preservationists have announced that they plan to offer tours of the B. Harley Bradley House in Kankakee, Illinois, later this month, after purchasing it for $1.7 million just last week.

The seven-bedroom home, which was built in 1900 and is included on the National Register of Historic Places, had been owned by Gaines Hall, an architecture professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his wife Sharon, according to the Chicago Tribune. Since purchasing the house in 2005, the couple has spent more than $1 million restoring the building, which includes more than 100 of Wright’s distinctive art glass windows.

The house is also notable for a tragic crime that took  place there in 1987, when a group of kidnappers abducted one of the house’s resident’s, Stephen Small, attempting to obtain ransom from his wealthy family. The kidnappers buried him alive, with an air tube, while they negotiated for the ransom, but he suffocated or had a heart attack while ensconced under three feet of sand.

Many scholars believe that the house represents the first example of Wright’s Prairie Style of architecture, though not all specialists agree with that assessment. Visitors interested in deciding for themselves will be able to sign up for tours that will last about one hour, starting on Saturday, July 17. Tickets will cost $15, which will help cover the cost of paying off the 30-year mortgage the preservationist’s have obtained.