The Spring House Tallahassee

1. The Spring House
Museum
Frank Blum
HUM2230
All photos credited to Bryd Lewis
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2. The Spring House:
3117 Okeeheepkee Road, Tallahassee FL
Constructed in December of 1954
Frank Lloyd Wright constructed the home for George and Clifton Lewis
The Spring House is constantly accepting donations to help preserve and
restore this historic site.
Many events are going on all the time and you can even set up a private
tour
More info at: http://www.preservespringhouse.org/

3. • The women to the left is Byrd Lewis she is the
president of The Spring House Institute Inc.
She grew up as a child and lived most of her
life in this house. She is now working to
preserve and restore it as a historical landmark.

4. • The Spring House is the only home Frank Lloyd Wright designed in
Florida that was built, and it was built in his lifetime.
• The Mission of Spring House Institute is to acquire, restore and
complete the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Spring House; to preserve its
original architecture as a single-family dwelling for the benefit of
the public as a teaching institute
• Spring House will be used for a broad spectrum of classes, workshops,
seminars, brief housing for visiting dignitaries, weddings, community
meetings, and gatherings of all kinds. It will also be the home of
Spring House Institute, a teaching facility.
• Spring House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
February 14, 1979.
• The Spring House's hemicycle design is considered the last architecture
phase of Frank Lloyd Wright's career.
• The house was placed on the National Trust's
America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list this year, which the
SHI hopes will improve fundraising efforts.
The Spring House Institute Inc.

5. References
• http://www.preservespringhouse
.org/
• http://blog.preservationnation
.org/2014/07/01/11-endangered-
frank-lloyd-wrights-spring-
house-tallahassee-
florida/#.VTWp3yiRnzI

6. References
• http://www.preservespringhouse
.org/
• http://blog.preservationnation
.org/2014/07/01/11-endangered-
frank-lloyd-wrights-spring-
house-tallahassee-
florida/#.VTWp3yiRnzI