SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE
• SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE is offering PERSONAL TOURS of the only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed private residence built in Florida.
Thank you for your essential support of this historic preservation project. ~ Light and peace
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Thank you for your essential support of this historic preservation project. ~ Light and peace
PLEASE ADD OUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO YOUR CONTACTS SO THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE OUR ANSWER TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AND THE INFORMATION YOU MAY HAVE REQUESTED: INFO@PRESERVESPRINGHOUSE.ORG
New photos on "Big Projects" page.
Eight Frank Lloyd Wright Sites
Inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List
July 7, 2019 representing his life's work!
Inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List
July 7, 2019 representing his life's work!
SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE
is working to acquire, restore and complete
LEWIS SPRING HOUSE,
the ONLY private residence designed by
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
and built in FLORIDA,
for public and private uses.
We need YOUR help to do this.
is working to acquire, restore and complete
LEWIS SPRING HOUSE,
the ONLY private residence designed by
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
and built in FLORIDA,
for public and private uses.
We need YOUR help to do this.
WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN 2021...
WINTERSTONE PRODUCTIONS
PRESENTS...
NEWS
AUGUST 2021 UPDATE...
Spring House Institute is waiting for an estimate and schedule on repointing work to be done on the core above the roof. The tarps will no longer be needed and the fireplaces will be usable again, an important step. ~ Letters have been sent to our city and county governments on the national importance of Lewis Spring House in American architectural and civil rights history, including the importance of the SPRING that the land was purchased for, that Frank Lloyd Wright used in designing elements of the house, and that the house is named for. ~ The turnout on personal tours has been amazing in spite of COVID. We have been very careful and following CDC guidelines since the beginning of the pandemic and will continue to be. Thank you to all of our visitors so far this year and to those who will support us in the future. You are helping this project move forward. It won't happen without your support.
JUNE 2020
Spring House Institute began conducting Personal Tours only, in June 2020. We require all visitors who haven't been fully vaccinated to wear masks and practice social distancing. We have successfully conducted countless personal tours since then with no record of anyone visiting who tested positive before or after a visit to Lewis Spring House. We will continue operating in this manner indefinitely. Our 2nd Sundays tours are no longer available but we are beginning to have small work groups of volunteers who would like to be part of this important and historic project.
APRIL 12, 2020
Spring House Institute has suspended 2nd Sunday Public Tours until further notice. You can still have a personal tour. Go to our Personal Tours page. Thank you for your support since 2013.
MARCH 23, 2020!
4th Saturday SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE has suspended workdays until we feel we can safely resume them and under what conditions because of the new coronavirus. Thank you for your support since 2013.
MARCH 8, 2020!
2nd Sunday Public Tours at SPRING HOUSE people visited from Jacksonville, FL; Pensacola, FL; Havana, FL; Yuma, AZ; Sydney, Australia; Rochester Hills, MI; Libertyville, IL; Lakeland, FL; Ft. Walton Beach, FL; Port St. Lucie, FL; and many good friends and neighbors from Tallahassee! Thank you for your support on this beautiful day!
FEBRUARY 22, 2020
4th Saturday SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE had workday from 10 to one David came from Thomasville and we cleared a big patch of coral ardisia headed down the hill to the pond. We removed two wax leaf ligustrum that were keeping the sun away from a pretty cedar; probably a generation from the cedars George, George Edward and Van planted when the Lewises first moved to Spring House.
FEBRUARY 9, 2020!
2nd Sunday Continuous Public Tours at SPRING HOUSE –A beautiful day for our 2nd Sunday Tours on 2-9-2020! Thank you to our interesting and attentive visitorsfrom Lancaster, OH; Port St. Lucie, FL; Atlanta, GA; Concord, OH; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Noblesville, IN; Terre Haute, IN; On The Road In America; Greenville, FL; and many friends and neighbors from Tallahassee! We appreciate your support of this historic preservation effort!
JANUARY 25, 2020
4th Saturday SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE workday Frost and Elliot cut back the elephant ears that had gotten hit by two freezing nights and thankfully the leaves will come back; they were so huge and beautiful all of last year. They also loaded up a wheelbarrow and put new chips down on the terrace. Victoria weeded the pink muhly grass bed on the north side of the house. Thank you all for your help. We moved the wandering gentile back on the terrace which is like any weeding, it always has to be done. Thank you!
JANUARY 12, 2020!
2nd Sunday Public Tours at SPRING HOUSE Thank you to all of our great visitors today, our first tours of 2020! We so appreciate you who came out on this gray and humid day from Miami Beach, FL; Panacea, FL; Sopchoppy, FL; Crawfordville, FL; Alligator Point, FL; Goshen IN; Atlanta, GA; Odessa, FL; Thomasville, GA; Havana, GA; Bainbridge, GA; Los Angeles, CA; and friends and neighbors from Tallahassee! And thank you to our local paper, the Tallahassee Democrat for all the mentions in the TLH Calendar this week!
Spring House Institute is waiting for an estimate and schedule on repointing work to be done on the core above the roof. The tarps will no longer be needed and the fireplaces will be usable again, an important step. ~ Letters have been sent to our city and county governments on the national importance of Lewis Spring House in American architectural and civil rights history, including the importance of the SPRING that the land was purchased for, that Frank Lloyd Wright used in designing elements of the house, and that the house is named for. ~ The turnout on personal tours has been amazing in spite of COVID. We have been very careful and following CDC guidelines since the beginning of the pandemic and will continue to be. Thank you to all of our visitors so far this year and to those who will support us in the future. You are helping this project move forward. It won't happen without your support.
JUNE 2020
Spring House Institute began conducting Personal Tours only, in June 2020. We require all visitors who haven't been fully vaccinated to wear masks and practice social distancing. We have successfully conducted countless personal tours since then with no record of anyone visiting who tested positive before or after a visit to Lewis Spring House. We will continue operating in this manner indefinitely. Our 2nd Sundays tours are no longer available but we are beginning to have small work groups of volunteers who would like to be part of this important and historic project.
APRIL 12, 2020
Spring House Institute has suspended 2nd Sunday Public Tours until further notice. You can still have a personal tour. Go to our Personal Tours page. Thank you for your support since 2013.
MARCH 23, 2020!
4th Saturday SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE has suspended workdays until we feel we can safely resume them and under what conditions because of the new coronavirus. Thank you for your support since 2013.
MARCH 8, 2020!
2nd Sunday Public Tours at SPRING HOUSE people visited from Jacksonville, FL; Pensacola, FL; Havana, FL; Yuma, AZ; Sydney, Australia; Rochester Hills, MI; Libertyville, IL; Lakeland, FL; Ft. Walton Beach, FL; Port St. Lucie, FL; and many good friends and neighbors from Tallahassee! Thank you for your support on this beautiful day!
FEBRUARY 22, 2020
4th Saturday SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE had workday from 10 to one David came from Thomasville and we cleared a big patch of coral ardisia headed down the hill to the pond. We removed two wax leaf ligustrum that were keeping the sun away from a pretty cedar; probably a generation from the cedars George, George Edward and Van planted when the Lewises first moved to Spring House.
FEBRUARY 9, 2020!
2nd Sunday Continuous Public Tours at SPRING HOUSE –A beautiful day for our 2nd Sunday Tours on 2-9-2020! Thank you to our interesting and attentive visitorsfrom Lancaster, OH; Port St. Lucie, FL; Atlanta, GA; Concord, OH; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Noblesville, IN; Terre Haute, IN; On The Road In America; Greenville, FL; and many friends and neighbors from Tallahassee! We appreciate your support of this historic preservation effort!
JANUARY 25, 2020
4th Saturday SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE workday Frost and Elliot cut back the elephant ears that had gotten hit by two freezing nights and thankfully the leaves will come back; they were so huge and beautiful all of last year. They also loaded up a wheelbarrow and put new chips down on the terrace. Victoria weeded the pink muhly grass bed on the north side of the house. Thank you all for your help. We moved the wandering gentile back on the terrace which is like any weeding, it always has to be done. Thank you!
JANUARY 12, 2020!
2nd Sunday Public Tours at SPRING HOUSE Thank you to all of our great visitors today, our first tours of 2020! We so appreciate you who came out on this gray and humid day from Miami Beach, FL; Panacea, FL; Sopchoppy, FL; Crawfordville, FL; Alligator Point, FL; Goshen IN; Atlanta, GA; Odessa, FL; Thomasville, GA; Havana, GA; Bainbridge, GA; Los Angeles, CA; and friends and neighbors from Tallahassee! And thank you to our local paper, the Tallahassee Democrat for all the mentions in the TLH Calendar this week!
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