306 Glen Way, Jackson, Mississippi. County/parish: Hinds.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 28, 1980. NRIS 80002246.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Fountainhead (also known as the J. Willis Hughes House) is a historic house located at 306 Glenway Drive in Jackson, Mississippi. Designed in the Usonian style by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948, it was built during 1950–1954 for J. Willis Hughes, who lived in it until January 1980. It is on a 30-60 degree triangle, which results in a grid of equilateral parallelograms. The "bedroom wing terminates in a fountain over a pool, which gives the structure its nickname, Fountainhead." The name "Fountainhead" is also a reference to Ayn Rand's novel, The Fountainhead.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1980. The NRHP nomination form asserts that it was the only Frank Lloyd Wright design in Mississippi, but in fact there are three other homes in Mississippi designed by Wright, in Ocean Springs.
The Hughes House was later owned by Jackson architect Robert Parker Adams, who restored it. In 2025, Adams placed the house for sale for $2.5 million.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73891277