In 1945, a rural tract was purchased by a cooperative of young couples from New York City, who were able to enlist the students of
Frank Lloyd Wright to build his
Broadacre City concept. Wright decided where each house should be placed. Wright designed three homes himself and approved
architectural plans of the other 44, which were designed by such architects as
Paul Schweikher, Theodore Dixon Bower,
Ulrich Franzen,
Kaneji Domoto,
Aaron Resnick, and David Henken – an engineer and Wright apprentice. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2012 as the
Usonia Historic District. The historic district encompasses 43 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and three contributing structures. ==Description==