Springfield part 1/ The Westcott House

Prompted by a drive down East High Street ...

This is a picture of the Burton Westcott house as it presently stands, a fine museum that in the early part of the nineteen hundreds, was a private home built for the creator/builder of the Westcott automobile. The house is a prairie style Frank Lloyd Wright home that fell into disrepair for many years and has since been restored to its original grandeur. In October of 2005, it opened as a museum, complete with restored gardens and reflecting pool. It is truly a sight to behold.

This piece of Wright's historical architecture is merely three blocks from my home. No, I've not yet toured it, but I intend to when my daughter returns in September for a visit. Seems a good time to hit some of the historical sites since she's bringing her boyfriend home and he's never been to Ohio.

My son has been a fan of Wright architecture ever since visiting Wright's Falling Waters in Pennsylvania during his middle school Washington trip. He took such a magnificent picture of it that I had it enlarged, matted, and framed. I confess to loving the clean lines of his style and the liberal use of art glass/leaded glass windows. Hey, for someone who does stained glass, it's a pleasure to see well designed and implemented glass features.

This is the first in a series of visits to local sites that I see, pass, hear about, but never really gave much thought to until now. It's high time I let my historical buff out to play for a while...
Dawn