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Hi All! I thought you might be interested in seeing photographs of the circle house in Rush Creek Village by Ted van Fossen: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/510-Evergreen-Cir_Worthington_OH_43085_M46316-40843?fbclid=IwAR2ykQfxEaP_hukD_joE_fgOz91r-IwSxV3S_uUmOMKY9ONtxZnz_v3d_d4 This...

"Brotherton house going on the market, my wife and I bought it in a private, off-market deal that closed in 2020." Congratulations bjsacsamw! I sent you a message with contact information. If you would ever like to run a question by my husband Joe, who is not only an architect but is very ...

Thank you David! I hope you get a chance to visit in the future. It's a big change since last time you were here.

What started as a chronicle of the history I uncovered about Glenbrow (aka Gunning House) and our several year odyssey restoring the house from ruin, for my daughters and future owners, turned into a published narrative, Red Bird Against the Snow. During quarantine I was fortunate to have an ongoing...

The University of Minnesota has archived material. https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/8/resources/2151 This links to papers from the Pepinski residence in Rush Creek Village and may be of interest (but different house): https://www.ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p267401coll32/search/search...

Article on house with additional photos for those interested:

https://www.dispatch.com/story/lifestyl ... 994780001/

I have a January 1941 letter from Mary Gunning to Tony Smith (courtesy of the Tony Smith Estate-thankfully he archived everything)expressing how much the house means to them and at the end it states "Give my regards to Ted and tell him those parts of the house where we sit and work and keep thi...

This is the original Wakefield House (Dick and Martha Wakefield were the developers with Ted van Fossen as the designer of the community of ~ 50 organic modernist homes in Rush Creek Village in Worthington OH) Note the bas relief on image 8 and on the door on image 23. van Fossen had worked as a car...

Thought you all would enjoy to see a "57 Ted van Fossen house in Rush Creek village with some beautiful and well maintained detailing. Lots of photographs! https://www.cymack.com/property/240-221014096-210-E-South-Street-Worthington-OH-43085?fbclid=IwAR3f8Vd8SAwwZZ_jaYM8nhgQOaH14lZ25K7wltFKMHni...

SDR, I believe "gravity heat" was FLW's term for hydronic heating below concrete floors. I am not sure about the original systems, perhaps Dan would know the answer since he is both an architect and has dealt with an operational old system, but in our new "hydronic" system there ...

SDR, We replaced the failed gravity heat by removing the concrete floor and replacing it with a modern 7 zone hydronic system. We absolutely LOVE it! We are toasty even on the coldest days. As was done at Armstrong, we also replaced all the plate glass as well. It was the failed gravity heat that fi...

I since realized the Storrer piece above states that Howe replaced gravity heat with perimeter heat (and thermopane replaced 1/4" plate glass) so that explains the carpet. Too bad. I wonder how comfortable the house is in really cold weather. I recall the Weltzheimer House had perimeter heat an...

This was the house that Tony Smith was the "Clerk of the Works" on just before they received the Gunning commission. Larry Cuneo worked as an apprentice on it with him and Ted van Fossen worked as a laborer (probably as a furniture maker). Beautifully maintained minus some of the more rece...

I love this!

We purchased a "gravity heat" apprentice house that was designed in 1940 and had been abandoned for many years that had a failed heating system. Our restoration included removal of the concrete floor, leaving a six inch piece around the periphery to support structure as well as the floorin...