{"nrhp_refnum":"74001413","name":"Westcott House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1340 E. High St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Clark County","state":"OH","lat":39.92165883400003,"lon":-83.78917596399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-07-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Prairie style house at 1340 East High Street in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1905, with a small guest house at the rear.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent example of Wright's Prairie style, designed by one of America's premier architects. Few Wright buildings were built in Ohio, so it is an important landmark. It is described as almost a lower-profile model of the Willits House in Highland Park, Illinois.","narrative":"Westcott House is a two-story Prairie style residence at 1340 East High Street in Springfield, Ohio. Frank Lloyd Wright designed it in 1905 for Burton J. Westcott, a Springfield industrialist. The rectilinear house, about forty by twenty-five feet, has stuccoed walls, wooden trim and a masonry foundation. Its multi-windowed south facade, flat-roofed front porch and broad roof overhang give it the low, sleek look of Wright's Prairie work. The terraced lot has concrete retaining walls and two large concrete planters. A smaller one-story guest house in the same style sits at the rear. The house matters because Wright built few buildings in Ohio, and it is described as almost a lower-profile model of his Willits House in Illinois. At the time of listing the roof and eaves needed urgent repair, and the interior had been divided into apartments, though the guest house was in somewhat better shape.","period_of_significance":"20th Century (built 1905)","architect_builder":"Frank Lloyd Wright","architectural_style":"Prairie style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in fair condition and altered; the interior was partitioned into apartments, the roof and eaves need immediate repair, and the guest house is in better condition than the main house.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.160396-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001413.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001413/d24a17d061-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001413/d24a17d061-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Niagara66","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westcott_House_Springfield_06.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Niagara66</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westcott_House_Springfield_06.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987064","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westcott_House_(Springfield,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7987311"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/clark-county/westcott-house-74001413/"}