FLW designed, completely redesigned at least once, and oversaw the building of Springfield’s Westcott House from 1904 to 1908. Wright himself saw Westcott as a particularly representative structure and a good example of his own style and skill; he included it in the two-volume Wasmuth Portfolios, or Studies and Executed Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright, the treatise that secured Wright’s tremendous reputation in Europe and Japan. The Westcott itself has, unfortunately, remained an unknown (or lesser-known) gem of Wright’s career. While it does not feature the iconographic pre-Columbian motifs of his southern California work, it is still a striking and original structure, and is not as well-known as it should be. It was recently restored, and has been open for tours since mid-2003.
+ Westcott House: 1340 East High Street, Springfield OH 45503
the westcott house restoration was just recently finished. Saturday October the 15 was the first day of tours open to the public. the house is magnificent. it deserves accurate information to be printed. if F.L.W. himself thought it worthy of print it deserves at least that much respect.
Thanks for the update. I didn’t mean to publish inaccurate information; that data came straight from the Westcott House website, back in February of 2005.
Greetings,The Durable Slate Company of Columbus, Ohio has been the restoration contractor and I the project manager of the restoration for the last four years. Thomas Schmidt of the FLW Building COnservancy toured the building and emphatically stated it is a ” World Class Restoration”. I encourage visitation and if you have Q’s on the restoration please feel free to contact me.
D. Shawn Beckwith
The Durable Slate Company
http://www.durableslate.com