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| Location | Leon County, Florida |
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| Nearest city | Tallahassee |
| Coordinates | 30°29′24″N84°18′46″W / 30.49010°N 84.31272°W |
| Built | 1954 |
| Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Architectural style | Modern Movement |
| NRHP reference No. | 79000679 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 14, 1979 |
The Lewis House, also known as Lewis Spring House, is a historic home in Tallahassee, Florida, located north of I-10, at 3117 Okeeheepkee Road. It was built in 1954. [2] On February 14, 1979, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for George Lewis II, President of the Lewis State Bank, and his wife Clifton. George Lewis gave the name "Spring House" to the home "for the natural spring and small stream that flows from the property." [3] The National Trust for Historic Preservation called it one of a relatively small number of hemicycles that Wright designed, out of more than 400 intact designs in the US. [2] Spring House Institute was formed to protect the house in 1996 but the first work project was not started until January 2013.
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On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter placed the house on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places. [4]
In 2014, the National Trust for Historic Preservation included the house on its annual list of "America's Eleven Most Endangered Places". [2] [5] It was also placed on a list of Florida's most endangered historic places. [6] There was an effort to convert the house into a historic house museum; at the time, the house was open to the public once a month. [6] In 2025, the house was placed for sale. [7] There were calls for the Florida government to buy the house, and for the property to become to become a park or museum. [8]
