Fountainhead (Jackson, Mississippi)

Fountainhead
Location 306 Glen Way,
Jackson, Mississippi
Coordinates 32°20′9″N 90°10′8″W / 32.33583°N 90.16889°W / 32.33583; -90.16889Coordinates: 32°20′9″N 90°10′8″W / 32.33583°N 90.16889°W / 32.33583; -90.16889
Built 1950-54
Architect Wright, Frank Lloyd
Architectural style Modern Movement, Usonian House
NRHP reference #

80002246[1]

[2]
Added to NRHP November 28, 1980

Fountainhead (also known as the J. Willis Hughes House) is a historic house located at 306 Glen Way in Jackson, Mississippi.

Description and history

The Usonian house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948 and was built during 1950-54 for J. Willis Hughes, who lived in it until January 1980.[2] Its name is a reference to Ayn Rand's novel, 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]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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
  • Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.303)


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