The Schweikher House Preservation Trust invites the public to tour the 1938 Paul Schweikher home and studio, a Modernist home listed on the National Register of Historic Places and one of the top 150 architectural sites in Illinois.

Fifty-minute guided tours of the house, studio and grounds will be offered on Saturday, Oct. 8. Pre-scheduled tours will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. starting on the hour at the property, 645 S. Meacham Road in Schaumburg.

The cost of the tours is $25 per person, paid in advance of the event, with a maximum of 12 persons per tour.

For registration, visit http:// schweikherhouse.org/tours , call Executive Director Todd Wenger at (847) 923-3866 or email info@schweikherhouse.org.

Tours of the house will feature Schweikher’s masterful integration of brick, glass, and wood, including an iconic brick fireplace, passive solar room, cantilevered construction, exposed wood beams, built-in furniture, a Japanese soaking tub, raked gravel courtyard, and gardens designed by the noted Midwestern landscape architect Franz Lipp.