Rush Creek Village Historic District

Rush Creek Village is a neighborhood of 49 single-family houses on roughly 39 acres in southeast Worthington, Ohio. It was developed between 1954 and 1976 from designs by Columbus native Theodore van Fossen, who followed the organic architecture principles of Frank Lloyd Wright. The houses sit along curving dead-end streets with no sidewalks, curbs or street lighting, and they are offset from the street and from one another. Entrances are deliberately hidden, and living areas look onto Rush Run, wooded ravines and rock outcrops. Houses range from about 900 to 2,400 square feet and emphasize horizontal lines, cantilevered planes, open plans and built-in furniture. Van Fossen planned them on a 4-foot module, and most are turned on a 45-degree diagonal to improve sun and weather exposure. The district includes a bridge, a footpath and a development sign, all designed by van Fossen. It was listed for its architecture, landscape architecture and community planning, and for its aim of providing exceptional housing at moderate cost.