In 1964, a widow saved her Frank Lloyd Wright home from I-66; it was moved 13 miles, piece by piece

Sixty years ago, a house was reconstructed at Woodlawn, a National Trust-owned property outside of Washington, DC, after a historic and hard-fought battle to save it from destruction. Originally built in Falls Church, Virginia for Loren and Charlotte Pope, the 1,200-square-foot Frank Lloyd Wright home was under threat due to the construction of the new Interstate 66, but was saved by a historic hard-fought battle led by Marjorie Leighey, a 57-year-old widow, according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Today, thousands of guests visit the unique house, the only property designed by America's greatest architect that is open to the public in the National Capital region.A dream houseIt was in 1939 that Loren Pope wrote to the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, begging him for a home for himself and his wife CharlotteIt was in 1939 that Loren Pope wrote to the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, begging him for a home for himself and his wife Charlotte. In response, Wright designed a house in his Usonian style- relatively small, built from everyday materials like wood and concrete and designed in harmony with natural surroundings.At the end of 1946, after living in the house for fiv...