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July 8, 2024 - The organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, demonstrated in his Usonian houses, was the major inspiration for Rush Creek Village in Worthington, Ohio. The community was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2003.

"In the late 1940s, Martha Wakefield met Frank Lloyd Wright at his his winter home known as Taliesin West, located in the Sonoran desert. During that encounter, Wright gave her the following advice: go build yourself a home and build a home for your neighbors. A few years later that was what she did in the small New England village of Worthington, Ohio.

Martha and her husband Richard bought the land on the south side of the Worthington, and began construction of their home in 1956. They selected Theodore van Fossen as the architect and builder. Mr. Van Fossen was not unfamiliar with Frank Lloyd Wright and his Usonian style that had so impressed Mrs. Wakefield. The reason was that as a young man studying architecture and design at the recently created New Bauhaus school in Chicago in the late 1930s, Van Fossen got a summer job doing construction work on several of Wright-designed homes being built in the area. During this time he developed a strong appreciation for how each of the homes were created to best take advantage of the surrounding environment.

After completing his education, Mr. Van Fossen moved back to his hometown in central Ohio where he began designing and building homes. In the early 1950s, the Wakefields convinced Mr. Van Fossen to plan their community around the property which had been surveyed and platted into 50 nearly one-acre irregular lots around the curving roads and the land's steep ravines found in the area around Rush Creek.

Unlike many of Wright's Usonia-style homes, Theodore van Fossen actually realized there was more to erecting a house than just putting together pieces of wood and steel, much more in fact. His projects had the same flair as Frank Lloyd Wright as well as other intangibles we don't often see in our suburban developments. Fossen paid close attention to the details of creating a structure that worked best with the land it was being built upon. Many of the original Usonian houses were plagued by maintenance problems because of experimental construction methods including the use of thin structural walls. Here, Mr. Van Fossen used more standard framing and construction methods appropriate for Ohio's climate.

Theodore Van Fossen succeeded in creating a village that takes maximum advantage of the landscape, without the need for bull-dozing and leveling the landscape. Mr. Van Fossen became the long-standing architect who advised Mrs. Wakefield as to what was appropriate for the village. In 1954, the Rush Creek Village Company was legally established as a not for profit corporation. It is comprised of the Residents of Rush Creek Village, and meets annually. The Rush Creek Village Board of Trustees is elected from the residents, and meets monthly. "Friends of Rush Creek Village" is a study group of the Worthington Historical Society." Previous description: touringohio.com/central/franklin/worthington/rush-creek-v...

July 8, 2024 - The organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, demonstrated in his Usonian houses, was the major inspiration for Rush Creek Village in Worthington, Ohio. The community was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2003.

"In the late 1940s, Martha Wakefield met Frank Lloyd Wright at his his winter home known as Taliesin West, located in the Sonoran desert. During that encounter, Wright gave her the following advice: go build yourself a home and build a home for your neighbors. A few years later that was what she did in the small New England village of Worthington, Ohio.

Martha and her husband Richard bought the land on the south side of the Worthington, and began construction of their home in 1956. They selected Theodore van Fossen as the architect and builder. Mr. Van Fossen was not unfamiliar with Frank Lloyd Wright and his Usonian style that had so impressed Mrs. Wakefield. The reason was that as a young man studying architecture and design at the recently created New Bauhaus school in Chicago in the late 1930s, Van Fossen got a summer job doing construction work on several of Wright-designed homes being built in the area. During this time he developed a strong appreciation for how each of the homes were created to best take advantage of the surrounding environment.

After completing his education, Mr. Van Fossen moved back to his hometown in central Ohio where he began designing and building homes. In the early 1950s, the Wakefields convinced Mr. Van Fossen to plan their community around the property which had been surveyed and platted into 50 nearly one-acre irregular lots around the curving roads and the land's steep ravines found in the area around Rush Creek.

Unlike many of Wright's Usonia-style homes, Theodore van Fossen actually realized there was more to erecting a house than just putting together pieces of wood and steel, much more in fact. His projects had the same flair as Frank Lloyd Wright as well as other intangibles we don't often see in our suburban developments. Fossen paid close attention to the details of creating a structure that worked best with the land it was being built upon. Many of the original Usonian houses were plagued by maintenance problems because of experimental construction methods including the use of thin structural walls. Here, Mr. Van Fossen used more standard framing and construction methods appropriate for Ohio's climate.

Theodore Van Fossen succeeded in creating a village that takes maximum advantage of the landscape, without the need for bull-dozing and leveling the landscape. Mr. Van Fossen became the long-standing architect who advised Mrs. Wakefield as to what was appropriate for the village. In 1954, the Rush Creek Village Company was legally established as a not for profit corporation. It is comprised of the Residents of Rush Creek Village, and meets annually. The Rush Creek Village Board of Trustees is elected from the residents, and meets monthly. "Friends of Rush Creek Village" is a study group of the Worthington Historical Society." Previous description: touringohio.com/central/franklin/worthington/rush-creek-v...

July 8, 2024 - The organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, demonstrated in his Usonian houses, was the major inspiration for Rush Creek Village in Worthington, Ohio. The community was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2003.

"In the late 1940s, Martha Wakefield met Frank Lloyd Wright at his his winter home known as Taliesin West, located in the Sonoran desert. During that encounter, Wright gave her the following advice: go build yourself a home and build a home for your neighbors. A few years later that was what she did in the small New England village of Worthington, Ohio.

Martha and her husband Richard bought the land on the south side of the Worthington, and began construction of their home in 1956. They selected Theodore van Fossen as the architect and builder. Mr. Van Fossen was not unfamiliar with Frank Lloyd Wright and his Usonian style that had so impressed Mrs. Wakefield. The reason was that as a young man studying architecture and design at the recently created New Bauhaus school in Chicago in the late 1930s, Van Fossen got a summer job doing construction work on several of Wright-designed homes being built in the area. During this time he developed a strong appreciation for how each of the homes were created to best take advantage of the surrounding environment.

After completing his education, Mr. Van Fossen moved back to his hometown in central Ohio where he began designing and building homes. In the early 1950s, the Wakefields convinced Mr. Van Fossen to plan their community around the property which had been surveyed and platted into 50 nearly one-acre irregular lots around the curving roads and the land's steep ravines found in the area around Rush Creek.

Unlike many of Wright's Usonia-style homes, Theodore van Fossen actually realized there was more to erecting a house than just putting together pieces of wood and steel, much more in fact. His projects had the same flair as Frank Lloyd Wright as well as other intangibles we don't often see in our suburban developments. Fossen paid close attention to the details of creating a structure that worked best with the land it was being built upon. Many of the original Usonian houses were plagued by maintenance problems because of experimental construction methods including the use of thin structural walls. Here, Mr. Van Fossen used more standard framing and construction methods appropriate for Ohio's climate.

Theodore Van Fossen succeeded in creating a village that takes maximum advantage of the landscape, without the need for bull-dozing and leveling the landscape. Mr. Van Fossen became the long-standing architect who advised Mrs. Wakefield as to what was appropriate for the village. In 1954, the Rush Creek Village Company was legally established as a not for profit corporation. It is comprised of the Residents of Rush Creek Village, and meets annually. The Rush Creek Village Board of Trustees is elected from the residents, and meets monthly. "Friends of Rush Creek Village" is a study group of the Worthington Historical Society." Previous description: touringohio.com/central/franklin/worthington/rush-creek-v...

July 8, 2024 - The organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, demonstrated in his Usonian houses, was the major inspiration for Rush Creek Village in Worthington, Ohio. The community was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2003.

"In the late 1940s, Martha Wakefield met Frank Lloyd Wright at his his winter home known as Taliesin West, located in the Sonoran desert. During that encounter, Wright gave her the following advice: go build yourself a home and build a home for your neighbors. A few years later that was what she did in the small New England village of Worthington, Ohio.

Martha and her husband Richard bought the land on the south side of the Worthington, and began construction of their home in 1956. They selected Theodore van Fossen as the architect and builder. Mr. Van Fossen was not unfamiliar with Frank Lloyd Wright and his Usonian style that had so impressed Mrs. Wakefield. The reason was that as a young man studying architecture and design at the recently created New Bauhaus school in Chicago in the late 1930s, Van Fossen got a summer job doing construction work on several of Wright-designed homes being built in the area. During this time he developed a strong appreciation for how each of the homes were created to best take advantage of the surrounding environment.

After completing his education, Mr. Van Fossen moved back to his hometown in central Ohio where he began designing and building homes. In the early 1950s, the Wakefields convinced Mr. Van Fossen to plan their community around the property which had been surveyed and platted into 50 nearly one-acre irregular lots around the curving roads and the land's steep ravines found in the area around Rush Creek.

Unlike many of Wright's Usonia-style homes, Theodore van Fossen actually realized there was more to erecting a house than just putting together pieces of wood and steel, much more in fact. His projects had the same flair as Frank Lloyd Wright as well as other intangibles we don't often see in our suburban developments. Fossen paid close attention to the details of creating a structure that worked best with the land it was being built upon. Many of the original Usonian houses were plagued by maintenance problems because of experimental construction methods including the use of thin structural walls. Here, Mr. Van Fossen used more standard framing and construction methods appropriate for Ohio's climate.

Theodore Van Fossen succeeded in creating a village that takes maximum advantage of the landscape, without the need for bull-dozing and leveling the landscape. Mr. Van Fossen became the long-standing architect who advised Mrs. Wakefield as to what was appropriate for the village. In 1954, the Rush Creek Village Company was legally established as a not for profit corporation. It is comprised of the Residents of Rush Creek Village, and meets annually. The Rush Creek Village Board of Trustees is elected from the residents, and meets monthly. "Friends of Rush Creek Village" is a study group of the Worthington Historical Society." Previous description: touringohio.com/central/franklin/worthington/rush-creek-v...

July 8, 2024 - The organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, demonstrated in his Usonian houses, was the major inspiration for Rush Creek Village in Worthington, Ohio. The community was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2003.

"In the late 1940s, Martha Wakefield met Frank Lloyd Wright at his his winter home known as Taliesin West, located in the Sonoran desert. During that encounter, Wright gave her the following advice: go build yourself a home and build a home for your neighbors. A few years later that was what she did in the small New England village of Worthington, Ohio.

Martha and her husband Richard bought the land on the south side of the Worthington, and began construction of their home in 1956. They selected Theodore van Fossen as the architect and builder. Mr. Van Fossen was not unfamiliar with Frank Lloyd Wright and his Usonian style that had so impressed Mrs. Wakefield. The reason was that as a young man studying architecture and design at the recently created New Bauhaus school in Chicago in the late 1930s, Van Fossen got a summer job doing construction work on several of Wright-designed homes being built in the area. During this time he developed a strong appreciation for how each of the homes were created to best take advantage of the surrounding environment.

After completing his education, Mr. Van Fossen moved back to his hometown in central Ohio where he began designing and building homes. In the early 1950s, the Wakefields convinced Mr. Van Fossen to plan their community around the property which had been surveyed and platted into 50 nearly one-acre irregular lots around the curving roads and the land's steep ravines found in the area around Rush Creek.

Unlike many of Wright's Usonia-style homes, Theodore van Fossen actually realized there was more to erecting a house than just putting together pieces of wood and steel, much more in fact. His projects had the same flair as Frank Lloyd Wright as well as other intangibles we don't often see in our suburban developments. Fossen paid close attention to the details of creating a structure that worked best with the land it was being built upon. Many of the original Usonian houses were plagued by maintenance problems because of experimental construction methods including the use of thin structural walls. Here, Mr. Van Fossen used more standard framing and construction methods appropriate for Ohio's climate.

Theodore Van Fossen succeeded in creating a village that takes maximum advantage of the landscape, without the need for bull-dozing and leveling the landscape. Mr. Van Fossen became the long-standing architect who advised Mrs. Wakefield as to what was appropriate for the village. In 1954, the Rush Creek Village Company was legally established as a not for profit corporation. It is comprised of the Residents of Rush Creek Village, and meets annually. The Rush Creek Village Board of Trustees is elected from the residents, and meets monthly. "Friends of Rush Creek Village" is a study group of the Worthington Historical Society." Previous description: touringohio.com/central/franklin/worthington/rush-creek-v...

July 8, 2024 - The organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, demonstrated in his Usonian houses, was the major inspiration for Rush Creek Village in Worthington, Ohio. The community was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2003.

"In the late 1940s, Martha Wakefield met Frank Lloyd Wright at his his winter home known as Taliesin West, located in the Sonoran desert. During that encounter, Wright gave her the following advice: go build yourself a home and build a home for your neighbors. A few years later that was what she did in the small New England village of Worthington, Ohio.

Martha and her husband Richard bought the land on the south side of the Worthington, and began construction of their home in 1956. They selected Theodore van Fossen as the architect and builder. Mr. Van Fossen was not unfamiliar with Frank Lloyd Wright and his Usonian style that had so impressed Mrs. Wakefield. The reason was that as a young man studying architecture and design at the recently created New Bauhaus school in Chicago in the late 1930s, Van Fossen got a summer job doing construction work on several of Wright-designed homes being built in the area. During this time he developed a strong appreciation for how each of the homes were created to best take advantage of the surrounding environment.

After completing his education, Mr. Van Fossen moved back to his hometown in central Ohio where he began designing and building homes. In the early 1950s, the Wakefields convinced Mr. Van Fossen to plan their community around the property which had been surveyed and platted into 50 nearly one-acre irregular lots around the curving roads and the land's steep ravines found in the area around Rush Creek.

Unlike many of Wright's Usonia-style homes, Theodore van Fossen actually realized there was more to erecting a house than just putting together pieces of wood and steel, much more in fact. His projects had the same flair as Frank Lloyd Wright as well as other intangibles we don't often see in our suburban developments. Fossen paid close attention to the details of creating a structure that worked best with the land it was being built upon. Many of the original Usonian houses were plagued by maintenance problems because of experimental construction methods including the use of thin structural walls. Here, Mr. Van Fossen used more standard framing and construction methods appropriate for Ohio's climate.

Theodore Van Fossen succeeded in creating a village that takes maximum advantage of the landscape, without the need for bull-dozing and leveling the landscape. Mr. Van Fossen became the long-standing architect who advised Mrs. Wakefield as to what was appropriate for the village. In 1954, the Rush Creek Village Company was legally established as a not for profit corporation. It is comprised of the Residents of Rush Creek Village, and meets annually. The Rush Creek Village Board of Trustees is elected from the residents, and meets monthly. "Friends of Rush Creek Village" is a study group of the Worthington Historical Society." Previous description: touringohio.com/central/franklin/worthington/rush-creek-v...

July 8, 2024 - The organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, demonstrated in his Usonian houses, was the major inspiration for Rush Creek Village in Worthington, Ohio. The community was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2003.

"In the late 1940s, Martha Wakefield met Frank Lloyd Wright at his his winter home known as Taliesin West, located in the Sonoran desert. During that encounter, Wright gave her the following advice: go build yourself a home and build a home for your neighbors. A few years later that was what she did in the small New England village of Worthington, Ohio.

Martha and her husband Richard bought the land on the south side of the Worthington, and began construction of their home in 1956. They selected Theodore van Fossen as the architect and builder. Mr. Van Fossen was not unfamiliar with Frank Lloyd Wright and his Usonian style that had so impressed Mrs. Wakefield. The reason was that as a young man studying architecture and design at the recently created New Bauhaus school in Chicago in the late 1930s, Van Fossen got a summer job doing construction work on several of Wright-designed homes being built in the area. During this time he developed a strong appreciation for how each of the homes were created to best take advantage of the surrounding environment.

After completing his education, Mr. Van Fossen moved back to his hometown in central Ohio where he began designing and building homes. In the early 1950s, the Wakefields convinced Mr. Van Fossen to plan their community around the property which had been surveyed and platted into 50 nearly one-acre irregular lots around the curving roads and the land's steep ravines found in the area around Rush Creek.

Unlike many of Wright's Usonia-style homes, Theodore van Fossen actually realized there was more to erecting a house than just putting together pieces of wood and steel, much more in fact. His projects had the same flair as Frank Lloyd Wright as well as other intangibles we don't often see in our suburban developments. Fossen paid close attention to the details of creating a structure that worked best with the land it was being built upon. Many of the original Usonian houses were plagued by maintenance problems because of experimental construction methods including the use of thin structural walls. Here, Mr. Van Fossen used more standard framing and construction methods appropriate for Ohio's climate.

Theodore Van Fossen succeeded in creating a village that takes maximum advantage of the landscape, without the need for bull-dozing and leveling the landscape. Mr. Van Fossen became the long-standing architect who advised Mrs. Wakefield as to what was appropriate for the village. In 1954, the Rush Creek Village Company was legally established as a not for profit corporation. It is comprised of the Residents of Rush Creek Village, and meets annually. The Rush Creek Village Board of Trustees is elected from the residents, and meets monthly. "Friends of Rush Creek Village" is a study group of the Worthington Historical Society." Previous description: touringohio.com/central/franklin/worthington/rush-creek-v...

July 8, 2024 - The organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, demonstrated in his Usonian houses, was the major inspiration for Rush Creek Village in Worthington, Ohio. The community was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2003.

"In the late 1940s, Martha Wakefield met Frank Lloyd Wright at his his winter home known as Taliesin West, located in the Sonoran desert. During that encounter, Wright gave her the following advice: go build yourself a home and build a home for your neighbors. A few years later that was what she did in the small New England village of Worthington, Ohio.

Martha and her husband Richard bought the land on the south side of the Worthington, and began construction of their home in 1956. They selected Theodore van Fossen as the architect and builder. Mr. Van Fossen was not unfamiliar with Frank Lloyd Wright and his Usonian style that had so impressed Mrs. Wakefield. The reason was that as a young man studying architecture and design at the recently created New Bauhaus school in Chicago in the late 1930s, Van Fossen got a summer job doing construction work on several of Wright-designed homes being built in the area. During this time he developed a strong appreciation for how each of the homes were created to best take advantage of the surrounding environment.

After completing his education, Mr. Van Fossen moved back to his hometown in central Ohio where he began designing and building homes. In the early 1950s, the Wakefields convinced Mr. Van Fossen to plan their community around the property which had been surveyed and platted into 50 nearly one-acre irregular lots around the curving roads and the land's steep ravines found in the area around Rush Creek.

Unlike many of Wright's Usonia-style homes, Theodore van Fossen actually realized there was more to erecting a house than just putting together pieces of wood and steel, much more in fact. His projects had the same flair as Frank Lloyd Wright as well as other intangibles we don't often see in our suburban developments. Fossen paid close attention to the details of creating a structure that worked best with the land it was being built upon. Many of the original Usonian houses were plagued by maintenance problems because of experimental construction methods including the use of thin structural walls. Here, Mr. Van Fossen used more standard framing and construction methods appropriate for Ohio's climate.

Theodore Van Fossen succeeded in creating a village that takes maximum advantage of the landscape, without the need for bull-dozing and leveling the landscape. Mr. Van Fossen became the long-standing architect who advised Mrs. Wakefield as to what was appropriate for the village. In 1954, the Rush Creek Village Company was legally established as a not for profit corporation. It is comprised of the Residents of Rush Creek Village, and meets annually. The Rush Creek Village Board of Trustees is elected from the residents, and meets monthly. "Friends of Rush Creek Village" is a study group of the Worthington Historical Society." Previous description: touringohio.com/central/franklin/worthington/rush-creek-v...

July 8, 2024 - The organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, demonstrated in his Usonian houses, was the major inspiration for Rush Creek Village in Worthington, Ohio. The community was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2003.

"In the late 1940s, Martha Wakefield met Frank Lloyd Wright at his his winter home known as Taliesin West, located in the Sonoran desert. During that encounter, Wright gave her the following advice: go build yourself a home and build a home for your neighbors. A few years later that was what she did in the small New England village of Worthington, Ohio.

Martha and her husband Richard bought the land on the south side of the Worthington, and began construction of their home in 1956. They selected Theodore van Fossen as the architect and builder. Mr. Van Fossen was not unfamiliar with Frank Lloyd Wright and his Usonian style that had so impressed Mrs. Wakefield. The reason was that as a young man studying architecture and design at the recently created New Bauhaus school in Chicago in the late 1930s, Van Fossen got a summer job doing construction work on several of Wright-designed homes being built in the area. During this time he developed a strong appreciation for how each of the homes were created to best take advantage of the surrounding environment.

After completing his education, Mr. Van Fossen moved back to his hometown in central Ohio where he began designing and building homes. In the early 1950s, the Wakefields convinced Mr. Van Fossen to plan their community around the property which had been surveyed and platted into 50 nearly one-acre irregular lots around the curving roads and the land's steep ravines found in the area around Rush Creek.

Unlike many of Wright's Usonia-style homes, Theodore van Fossen actually realized there was more to erecting a house than just putting together pieces of wood and steel, much more in fact. His projects had the same flair as Frank Lloyd Wright as well as other intangibles we don't often see in our suburban developments. Fossen paid close attention to the details of creating a structure that worked best with the land it was being built upon. Many of the original Usonian houses were plagued by maintenance problems because of experimental construction methods including the use of thin structural walls. Here, Mr. Van Fossen used more standard framing and construction methods appropriate for Ohio's climate.

Theodore Van Fossen succeeded in creating a village that takes maximum advantage of the landscape, without the need for bull-dozing and leveling the landscape. Mr. Van Fossen became the long-standing architect who advised Mrs. Wakefield as to what was appropriate for the village. In 1954, the Rush Creek Village Company was legally established as a not for profit corporation. It is comprised of the Residents of Rush Creek Village, and meets annually. The Rush Creek Village Board of Trustees is elected from the residents, and meets monthly. "Friends of Rush Creek Village" is a study group of the Worthington Historical Society." Previous description: touringohio.com/central/franklin/worthington/rush-creek-v...

July 8, 2024 - The organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, demonstrated in his Usonian houses, was the major inspiration for Rush Creek Village in Worthington, Ohio. The community was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2003.

"In the late 1940s, Martha Wakefield met Frank Lloyd Wright at his his winter home known as Taliesin West, located in the Sonoran desert. During that encounter, Wright gave her the following advice: go build yourself a home and build a home for your neighbors. A few years later that was what she did in the small New England village of Worthington, Ohio.

Martha and her husband Richard bought the land on the south side of the Worthington, and began construction of their home in 1956. They selected Theodore van Fossen as the architect and builder. Mr. Van Fossen was not unfamiliar with Frank Lloyd Wright and his Usonian style that had so impressed Mrs. Wakefield. The reason was that as a young man studying architecture and design at the recently created New Bauhaus school in Chicago in the late 1930s, Van Fossen got a summer job doing construction work on several of Wright-designed homes being built in the area. During this time he developed a strong appreciation for how each of the homes were created to best take advantage of the surrounding environment.

After completing his education, Mr. Van Fossen moved back to his hometown in central Ohio where he began designing and building homes. In the early 1950s, the Wakefields convinced Mr. Van Fossen to plan their community around the property which had been surveyed and platted into 50 nearly one-acre irregular lots around the curving roads and the land's steep ravines found in the area around Rush Creek.

Unlike many of Wright's Usonia-style homes, Theodore van Fossen actually realized there was more to erecting a house than just putting together pieces of wood and steel, much more in fact. His projects had the same flair as Frank Lloyd Wright as well as other intangibles we don't often see in our suburban developments. Fossen paid close attention to the details of creating a structure that worked best with the land it was being built upon. Many of the original Usonian houses were plagued by maintenance problems because of experimental construction methods including the use of thin structural walls. Here, Mr. Van Fossen used more standard framing and construction methods appropriate for Ohio's climate.

Theodore Van Fossen succeeded in creating a village that takes maximum advantage of the landscape, without the need for bull-dozing and leveling the landscape. Mr. Van Fossen became the long-standing architect who advised Mrs. Wakefield as to what was appropriate for the village. In 1954, the Rush Creek Village Company was legally established as a not for profit corporation. It is comprised of the Residents of Rush Creek Village, and meets annually. The Rush Creek Village Board of Trustees is elected from the residents, and meets monthly. "Friends of Rush Creek Village" is a study group of the Worthington Historical Society." Previous description: touringohio.com/central/franklin/worthington/rush-creek-v...

July 8, 2024 - The organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, demonstrated in his Usonian houses, was the major inspiration for Rush Creek Village in Worthington, Ohio. The community was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2003.

"In the late 1940s, Martha Wakefield met Frank Lloyd Wright at his his winter home known as Taliesin West, located in the Sonoran desert. During that encounter, Wright gave her the following advice: go build yourself a home and build a home for your neighbors. A few years later that was what she did in the small New England village of Worthington, Ohio.

Martha and her husband Richard bought the land on the south side of the Worthington, and began construction of their home in 1956. They selected Theodore van Fossen as the architect and builder. Mr. Van Fossen was not unfamiliar with Frank Lloyd Wright and his Usonian style that had so impressed Mrs. Wakefield. The reason was that as a young man studying architecture and design at the recently created New Bauhaus school in Chicago in the late 1930s, Van Fossen got a summer job doing construction work on several of Wright-designed homes being built in the area. During this time he developed a strong appreciation for how each of the homes were created to best take advantage of the surrounding environment.

After completing his education, Mr. Van Fossen moved back to his hometown in central Ohio where he began designing and building homes. In the early 1950s, the Wakefields convinced Mr. Van Fossen to plan their community around the property which had been surveyed and platted into 50 nearly one-acre irregular lots around the curving roads and the land's steep ravines found in the area around Rush Creek.

Unlike many of Wright's Usonia-style homes, Theodore van Fossen actually realized there was more to erecting a house than just putting together pieces of wood and steel, much more in fact. His projects had the same flair as Frank Lloyd Wright as well as other intangibles we don't often see in our suburban developments. Fossen paid close attention to the details of creating a structure that worked best with the land it was being built upon. Many of the original Usonian houses were plagued by maintenance problems because of experimental construction methods including the use of thin structural walls. Here, Mr. Van Fossen used more standard framing and construction methods appropriate for Ohio's climate.

Theodore Van Fossen succeeded in creating a village that takes maximum advantage of the landscape, without the need for bull-dozing and leveling the landscape. Mr. Van Fossen became the long-standing architect who advised Mrs. Wakefield as to what was appropriate for the village. In 1954, the Rush Creek Village Company was legally established as a not for profit corporation. It is comprised of the Residents of Rush Creek Village, and meets annually. The Rush Creek Village Board of Trustees is elected from the residents, and meets monthly. "Friends of Rush Creek Village" is a study group of the Worthington Historical Society." Previous description: touringohio.com/central/franklin/worthington/rush-creek-v...

July 8, 2024 - The organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, demonstrated in his Usonian houses, was the major inspiration for Rush Creek Village in Worthington, Ohio. The community was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2003.

"In the late 1940s, Martha Wakefield met Frank Lloyd Wright at his his winter home known as Taliesin West, located in the Sonoran desert. During that encounter, Wright gave her the following advice: go build yourself a home and build a home for your neighbors. A few years later that was what she did in the small New England village of Worthington, Ohio.

Martha and her husband Richard bought the land on the south side of the Worthington, and began construction of their home in 1956. They selected Theodore van Fossen as the architect and builder. Mr. Van Fossen was not unfamiliar with Frank Lloyd Wright and his Usonian style that had so impressed Mrs. Wakefield. The reason was that as a young man studying architecture and design at the recently created New Bauhaus school in Chicago in the late 1930s, Van Fossen got a summer job doing construction work on several of Wright-designed homes being built in the area. During this time he developed a strong appreciation for how each of the homes were created to best take advantage of the surrounding environment.

After completing his education, Mr. Van Fossen moved back to his hometown in central Ohio where he began designing and building homes. In the early 1950s, the Wakefields convinced Mr. Van Fossen to plan their community around the property which had been surveyed and platted into 50 nearly one-acre irregular lots around the curving roads and the land's steep ravines found in the area around Rush Creek.

Unlike many of Wright's Usonia-style homes, Theodore van Fossen actually realized there was more to erecting a house than just putting together pieces of wood and steel, much more in fact. His projects had the same flair as Frank Lloyd Wright as well as other intangibles we don't often see in our suburban developments. Fossen paid close attention to the details of creating a structure that worked best with the land it was being built upon. Many of the original Usonian houses were plagued by maintenance problems because of experimental construction methods including the use of thin structural walls. Here, Mr. Van Fossen used more standard framing and construction methods appropriate for Ohio's climate.

Theodore Van Fossen succeeded in creating a village that takes maximum advantage of the landscape, without the need for bull-dozing and leveling the landscape. Mr. Van Fossen became the long-standing architect who advised Mrs. Wakefield as to what was appropriate for the village. In 1954, the Rush Creek Village Company was legally established as a not for profit corporation. It is comprised of the Residents of Rush Creek Village, and meets annually. The Rush Creek Village Board of Trustees is elected from the residents, and meets monthly. "Friends of Rush Creek Village" is a study group of the Worthington Historical Society." Previous description: touringohio.com/central/franklin/worthington/rush-creek-v...

July 8, 2024 - The organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, demonstrated in his Usonian houses, was the major inspiration for Rush Creek Village in Worthington, Ohio. The community was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2003.

"In the late 1940s, Martha Wakefield met Frank Lloyd Wright at his his winter home known as Taliesin West, located in the Sonoran desert. During that encounter, Wright gave her the following advice: go build yourself a home and build a home for your neighbors. A few years later that was what she did in the small New England village of Worthington, Ohio.

Martha and her husband Richard bought the land on the south side of the Worthington, and began construction of their home in 1956. They selected Theodore van Fossen as the architect and builder. Mr. Van Fossen was not unfamiliar with Frank Lloyd Wright and his Usonian style that had so impressed Mrs. Wakefield. The reason was that as a young man studying architecture and design at the recently created New Bauhaus school in Chicago in the late 1930s, Van Fossen got a summer job doing construction work on several of Wright-designed homes being built in the area. During this time he developed a strong appreciation for how each of the homes were created to best take advantage of the surrounding environment.

After completing his education, Mr. Van Fossen moved back to his hometown in central Ohio where he began designing and building homes. In the early 1950s, the Wakefields convinced Mr. Van Fossen to plan their community around the property which had been surveyed and platted into 50 nearly one-acre irregular lots around the curving roads and the land's steep ravines found in the area around Rush Creek.

Unlike many of Wright's Usonia-style homes, Theodore van Fossen actually realized there was more to erecting a house than just putting together pieces of wood and steel, much more in fact. His projects had the same flair as Frank Lloyd Wright as well as other intangibles we don't often see in our suburban developments. Fossen paid close attention to the details of creating a structure that worked best with the land it was being built upon. Many of the original Usonian houses were plagued by maintenance problems because of experimental construction methods including the use of thin structural walls. Here, Mr. Van Fossen used more standard framing and construction methods appropriate for Ohio's climate.

Theodore Van Fossen succeeded in creating a village that takes maximum advantage of the landscape, without the need for bull-dozing and leveling the landscape. Mr. Van Fossen became the long-standing architect who advised Mrs. Wakefield as to what was appropriate for the village. In 1954, the Rush Creek Village Company was legally established as a not for profit corporation. It is comprised of the Residents of Rush Creek Village, and meets annually. The Rush Creek Village Board of Trustees is elected from the residents, and meets monthly. "Friends of Rush Creek Village" is a study group of the Worthington Historical Society." Previous description: touringohio.com/central/franklin/worthington/rush-creek-v...

July 8, 2024 - The organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, demonstrated in his Usonian houses, was the major inspiration for Rush Creek Village in Worthington, Ohio. The community was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2003.

"In the late 1940s, Martha Wakefield met Frank Lloyd Wright at his his winter home known as Taliesin West, located in the Sonoran desert. During that encounter, Wright gave her the following advice: go build yourself a home and build a home for your neighbors. A few years later that was what she did in the small New England village of Worthington, Ohio.

Martha and her husband Richard bought the land on the south side of the Worthington, and began construction of their home in 1956. They selected Theodore van Fossen as the architect and builder. Mr. Van Fossen was not unfamiliar with Frank Lloyd Wright and his Usonian style that had so impressed Mrs. Wakefield. The reason was that as a young man studying architecture and design at the recently created New Bauhaus school in Chicago in the late 1930s, Van Fossen got a summer job doing construction work on several of Wright-designed homes being built in the area. During this time he developed a strong appreciation for how each of the homes were created to best take advantage of the surrounding environment.

After completing his education, Mr. Van Fossen moved back to his hometown in central Ohio where he began designing and building homes. In the early 1950s, the Wakefields convinced Mr. Van Fossen to plan their community around the property which had been surveyed and platted into 50 nearly one-acre irregular lots around the curving roads and the land's steep ravines found in the area around Rush Creek.

Unlike many of Wright's Usonia-style homes, Theodore van Fossen actually realized there was more to erecting a house than just putting together pieces of wood and steel, much more in fact. His projects had the same flair as Frank Lloyd Wright as well as other intangibles we don't often see in our suburban developments. Fossen paid close attention to the details of creating a structure that worked best with the land it was being built upon. Many of the original Usonian houses were plagued by maintenance problems because of experimental construction methods including the use of thin structural walls. Here, Mr. Van Fossen used more standard framing and construction methods appropriate for Ohio's climate.

Theodore Van Fossen succeeded in creating a village that takes maximum advantage of the landscape, without the need for bull-dozing and leveling the landscape. Mr. Van Fossen became the long-standing architect who advised Mrs. Wakefield as to what was appropriate for the village. In 1954, the Rush Creek Village Company was legally established as a not for profit corporation. It is comprised of the Residents of Rush Creek Village, and meets annually. The Rush Creek Village Board of Trustees is elected from the residents, and meets monthly. "Friends of Rush Creek Village" is a study group of the Worthington Historical Society." Previous description: touringohio.com/central/franklin/worthington/rush-creek-v...

July 8, 2024 - The organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, demonstrated in his Usonian houses, was the major inspiration for Rush Creek Village in Worthington, Ohio. The community was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2003.

"In the late 1940s, Martha Wakefield met Frank Lloyd Wright at his his winter home known as Taliesin West, located in the Sonoran desert. During that encounter, Wright gave her the following advice: go build yourself a home and build a home for your neighbors. A few years later that was what she did in the small New England village of Worthington, Ohio.

Martha and her husband Richard bought the land on the south side of the Worthington, and began construction of their home in 1956. They selected Theodore van Fossen as the architect and builder. Mr. Van Fossen was not unfamiliar with Frank Lloyd Wright and his Usonian style that had so impressed Mrs. Wakefield. The reason was that as a young man studying architecture and design at the recently created New Bauhaus school in Chicago in the late 1930s, Van Fossen got a summer job doing construction work on several of Wright-designed homes being built in the area. During this time he developed a strong appreciation for how each of the homes were created to best take advantage of the surrounding environment.

After completing his education, Mr. Van Fossen moved back to his hometown in central Ohio where he began designing and building homes. In the early 1950s, the Wakefields convinced Mr. Van Fossen to plan their community around the property which had been surveyed and platted into 50 nearly one-acre irregular lots around the curving roads and the land's steep ravines found in the area around Rush Creek.

Unlike many of Wright's Usonia-style homes, Theodore van Fossen actually realized there was more to erecting a house than just putting together pieces of wood and steel, much more in fact. His projects had the same flair as Frank Lloyd Wright as well as other intangibles we don't often see in our suburban developments. Fossen paid close attention to the details of creating a structure that worked best with the land it was being built upon. Many of the original Usonian houses were plagued by maintenance problems because of experimental construction methods including the use of thin structural walls. Here, Mr. Van Fossen used more standard framing and construction methods appropriate for Ohio's climate.

Theodore Van Fossen succeeded in creating a village that takes maximum advantage of the landscape, without the need for bull-dozing and leveling the landscape. Mr. Van Fossen became the long-standing architect who advised Mrs. Wakefield as to what was appropriate for the village. In 1954, the Rush Creek Village Company was legally established as a not for profit corporation. It is comprised of the Residents of Rush Creek Village, and meets annually. The Rush Creek Village Board of Trustees is elected from the residents, and meets monthly. "Friends of Rush Creek Village" is a study group of the Worthington Historical Society." Previous description: touringohio.com/central/franklin/worthington/rush-creek-v...

July 8, 2024 - The organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, demonstrated in his Usonian houses, was the major inspiration for Rush Creek Village in Worthington, Ohio. The community was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2003.

"In the late 1940s, Martha Wakefield met Frank Lloyd Wright at his his winter home known as Taliesin West, located in the Sonoran desert. During that encounter, Wright gave her the following advice: go build yourself a home and build a home for your neighbors. A few years later that was what she did in the small New England village of Worthington, Ohio.

Martha and her husband Richard bought the land on the south side of the Worthington, and began construction of their home in 1956. They selected Theodore van Fossen as the architect and builder. Mr. Van Fossen was not unfamiliar with Frank Lloyd Wright and his Usonian style that had so impressed Mrs. Wakefield. The reason was that as a young man studying architecture and design at the recently created New Bauhaus school in Chicago in the late 1930s, Van Fossen got a summer job doing construction work on several of Wright-designed homes being built in the area. During this time he developed a strong appreciation for how each of the homes were created to best take advantage of the surrounding environment.

After completing his education, Mr. Van Fossen moved back to his hometown in central Ohio where he began designing and building homes. In the early 1950s, the Wakefields convinced Mr. Van Fossen to plan their community around the property which had been surveyed and platted into 50 nearly one-acre irregular lots around the curving roads and the land's steep ravines found in the area around Rush Creek.

Unlike many of Wright's Usonia-style homes, Theodore van Fossen actually realized there was more to erecting a house than just putting together pieces of wood and steel, much more in fact. His projects had the same flair as Frank Lloyd Wright as well as other intangibles we don't often see in our suburban developments. Fossen paid close attention to the details of creating a structure that worked best with the land it was being built upon. Many of the original Usonian houses were plagued by maintenance problems because of experimental construction methods including the use of thin structural walls. Here, Mr. Van Fossen used more standard framing and construction methods appropriate for Ohio's climate.

Theodore Van Fossen succeeded in creating a village that takes maximum advantage of the landscape, without the need for bull-dozing and leveling the landscape. Mr. Van Fossen became the long-standing architect who advised Mrs. Wakefield as to what was appropriate for the village. In 1954, the Rush Creek Village Company was legally established as a not for profit corporation. It is comprised of the Residents of Rush Creek Village, and meets annually. The Rush Creek Village Board of Trustees is elected from the residents, and meets monthly. "Friends of Rush Creek Village" is a study group of the Worthington Historical Society." Previous description: touringohio.com/central/franklin/worthington/rush-creek-v...

July 8, 2024 - The organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, demonstrated in his Usonian houses, was the major inspiration for Rush Creek Village in Worthington, Ohio. The community was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2003.

"In the late 1940s, Martha Wakefield met Frank Lloyd Wright at his his winter home known as Taliesin West, located in the Sonoran desert. During that encounter, Wright gave her the following advice: go build yourself a home and build a home for your neighbors. A few years later that was what she did in the small New England village of Worthington, Ohio.

Martha and her husband Richard bought the land on the south side of the Worthington, and began construction of their home in 1956. They selected Theodore van Fossen as the architect and builder. Mr. Van Fossen was not unfamiliar with Frank Lloyd Wright and his Usonian style that had so impressed Mrs. Wakefield. The reason was that as a young man studying architecture and design at the recently created New Bauhaus school in Chicago in the late 1930s, Van Fossen got a summer job doing construction work on several of Wright-designed homes being built in the area. During this time he developed a strong appreciation for how each of the homes were created to best take advantage of the surrounding environment.

After completing his education, Mr. Van Fossen moved back to his hometown in central Ohio where he began designing and building homes. In the early 1950s, the Wakefields convinced Mr. Van Fossen to plan their community around the property which had been surveyed and platted into 50 nearly one-acre irregular lots around the curving roads and the land's steep ravines found in the area around Rush Creek.

Unlike many of Wright's Usonia-style homes, Theodore van Fossen actually realized there was more to erecting a house than just putting together pieces of wood and steel, much more in fact. His projects had the same flair as Frank Lloyd Wright as well as other intangibles we don't often see in our suburban developments. Fossen paid close attention to the details of creating a structure that worked best with the land it was being built upon. Many of the original Usonian houses were plagued by maintenance problems because of experimental construction methods including the use of thin structural walls. Here, Mr. Van Fossen used more standard framing and construction methods appropriate for Ohio's climate.

Theodore Van Fossen succeeded in creating a village that takes maximum advantage of the landscape, without the need for bull-dozing and leveling the landscape. Mr. Van Fossen became the long-standing architect who advised Mrs. Wakefield as to what was appropriate for the village. In 1954, the Rush Creek Village Company was legally established as a not for profit corporation. It is comprised of the Residents of Rush Creek Village, and meets annually. The Rush Creek Village Board of Trustees is elected from the residents, and meets monthly. "Friends of Rush Creek Village" is a study group of the Worthington Historical Society." Previous description: touringohio.com/central/franklin/worthington/rush-creek-v...