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ilding, was built on the grounds of the Schweikher House in the ea

 

rly 1980s. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on February 17, 1987, becoming the only NRHP-listed building in the village of Schaumburg. Altho

 

ugh NRHP listings were typically required to be at least 50 years old, the 48-year-old Schwe

 

ikher House and Studio was given a waiver to this rule. The Langsdorfs were concerned about the rapid growth of the Chicagoland suburbs, and the building were surrounded by land owned by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. This designation did not give the house and studio any legal protections, allowing a future owner to destroy it. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District acquired the Schweikher House and Studio itself in either 1987 or 1988, seizing the land through eminent domain. The district's lawyers claimed that they needed the land to expand a nearby sewage plant, while other figures, including an Art Institute of Chicago curator and one of Schaumburg's former mayors, advocated for its preservation. A court approved the land seizure while ruling that the Langsdorfs could continue to live in the house for the rest of their life. The district was also compelled to make repairs to the house as necessary. The house remained a private residence and was rarely opened for public tours, though the public could visit the house on occasion. Alexander Langsdorf lived into the house until his death in 1996. In 1997, the village's Olde Schaumburg Centre Commission recommended designating the Schweikher House and Studio as a municipal landmark, following six years of studies on whether to grant landmark protections to various buildings in the village. The wat