Fountainhead (also known as the J. Willis Hughes House) is a historic house located at 306 Glenway Drive in Jackson, Mississippi.
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| Location | 306 Glenway Drive, Jackson, Mississippi |
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| Coordinates | 32°20′9″N 90°10′8″W / 32.33583°N 90.16889°W |
| Built | 1950–54 |
| Architect | Wright, Frank Lloyd |
| Architectural style | Modern Movement, Usonian House |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002246[1] [2] |
| Added to NRHP | November 28, 1980 |
Description and history
editThis Usonian house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948 was built during 1950–1954 for J. Willis Hughes, who lived in it until January 1980.[2] It is on a 30-60 degree triangle, which results in a grid of equilateral parallelograms. The "bedroom wing terminates in a fountain over a pool, which gives the structure its nickname, Fountainhead."[3] The name "Fountainhead" is also a reference to Ayn Rand's novel, The Fountainhead.[2]
Its 1980 NRHP nomination asserted it was the only Frank Lloyd Wright design in Mississippi,[2] but in fact there are three other homes in Mississippi designed by Wright, in Ocean Springs.
The Hughes House has been a private residence since it was originally built and has never been open to the public. It is owned by Jackson architect Robert Parker Adams.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1980.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Gregory B. Free (August 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fountainhead / J. Willis Hughes House". National Park Service. Retrieved October 13, 2016. with five photos from 1980
- ^ The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion,, Revised Edition, by William Allin Storrer, The University of Chicago Press, 2006, p. 316. ISBN 0-226-77621-2, p. 316.
- Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.303)
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