Baha'i group buys house near temple
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- Created: Saturday, 04 July 2015 17:10
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The national organization for the Baha'i faith paid $1.2 million in May for a 2,863-square-foot vintage American Foursquare-style house on Sheridan Road in Wilmette, almost directly across the street from the landmark Baha'i House of Worship.
Built in 1921, the brick house had not officially been listed. The sellers were a couple who bought it in 2013 for $895,000, netting them a $305,000 profit in less than two years.
The house is at the northwest corner of Sheridan Road and Linden Avenue. To the north of the home is a vacant lot that the Baha'is own, and then across the street to the north is the temple.
{josquote}...the Baha'is bought the home to diversify their investment portfolio.{/josquote}Glen Fullmer, director of communications for the Baha'is of the United States, said the Baha'is bought the home to diversify their investment portfolio.