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S.063 – John A. Mosher Residence, 629 or 631 South Main Street
(State Highway 58), Wellington, Ohio This is a relatively recent
discovery, once rejected by Prof. Storrer but now adopted
by him as a Wright design due to analysis of the interior layout. Built in 1902, this house is located south
of Wellington. There are stories that
this was a prefab that was shipped to Ohio for construction. It does not fit within the time periods
that Wright designed so-called prefabs, though. See this article for the
first series of prefabs (Wright prefabs were not built in a central location
for shipment to their sites; instead, he prepared standard designs for a
builder who would obtain the materials locally). Its location between a Fraternal
Order of Eagles lodge and a tractor dealership allows viewers to virtually
circle the house to get great views. The house is owned by the Eagles and rented
out. Initial reports assigned S.092 as
its Storrer catalog number. In the 4th edition of
The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright – A Complete Catalog, the catalog
number was finalized as S.063.
Additionally, the address was clarified from 631 to 629 S. Main
Street. If you use Google
Maps, though, 629 will not appear, and 631 will take you to the Eagles
lodge immediately behind this house. So use 631 when searching the map! You will find the house number “629”
used various times along Highway 58 as the addresses reset in various jurisdictions. This house is south of Wellington near the
farm implements dealer, Eagles hall, and a Dollar General store. Some other websites have an incorrect
address (23467) that points you a mile or so away. Photographed on December 8, 2015. |
New
03/28/2016 Revised
03/25/2018 |