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SOLAR HOUSE AT WESTCOTT. The Westcott Center for Architecture + Design's newest addition is the installation of a solar house on the Westcott campus.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
Completed in 1908, the Westcott House is the earliest...
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BOOK YOUR TOUR NOW! At this time, a docent-guided tour is...
- About
The Westcott House, the product of arguably the most...
- Programs & Events
SOLAR HOUSE AT WESTCOTT. The Westcott Center for...
- The Westcott Motor Car
What began as a carriage company in Richmond, Indiana, soon...
- Architecture + Design Education
SOLAR HOUSE AT WESTCOTT. The Westcott Center for...
- Board
Executive Director, The Turner Foundation, Springfield,...
- Must-See Ohio Attraction
One of only two public Wright sites in Ohio, the Westcott...
- Restoration
Restoration of the Westcott House took over four years....
- Frank Lloyd Wright
The Westcott House is a Frank Lloyd Wright -designed Prairie Style house in Springfield, Ohio. The house was built in 1908 for Mr. Burton J. Westcott, his wife Orpha, and their family.
Completed in 1908, the Westcott House is the earliest Wright-designed house built in Ohio. In the 1930s, Wright decided to design houses for the middle class-Usonian houses, he called them. These were generally smaller, one-story, sometimes, with wings sprouting from the main section.
Completed in 1908, The Westcott House is Frank Lloyd Wright's only Prairie Style home in Ohio and one of the country’s finest Wright house museums.
BOOK YOUR TOUR NOW! At this time, a docent-guided tour is the only way to tour the Westcott House. Currently, we are not able to accommodate visitors for self-guided tours, etc. If you are organizing a tour for 8 or more people, you qualify for a private tour for your group.
The Westcott house, Wright’s first commission in Ohio and his only Prairie style residence in the state, was designed in 1906, and built in 1908. Burton Westcott had a successful career as a manufacturer of cars in Springfield’s burgeoning auto industry.
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1340 E. High St. Status. National Register of Historic Places. Open to the public with tours available. Website. westcotthouse.org. The house fully exemplifies the architect’s mature Prairie style with its long rooflines and low, rectilinear profile.