WELCOME TO OUR CENTURY OLD FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT CONNECTED HOME & GROUNDS

About Property Manager

Sheila and Bob are two retired advertising/marketing professionals who escaped the congestion and stresses of the City to experience the comforts of country living on the shores of Lake Erie Wine Country. The Westfield House" is just two hours north of their current Pittsburgh residence but, it is worlds away from the everyday stressors of city living. After your visit you will never want to leave!

Property Manager purchased this House in 2007

Why Property Manager chose Westfield

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT CONNECTION... The Westfield House (Thonawada Prairie Bungalow) is a century old Prairie Bungalow farm house that was built by O.S. Lang for Buffalo Banker Edgar Taylor and his wife Margaret. In 1909 O. S. Lang had just finished Collaborating with Frank Lloyd Wright on the building of several notable Buffalo N.Y. residences including... the highly acclaimed, Darwin Martin House, The Gardeners Cottage, The Davidson House, and the Heath House when he accepted the offer from Westfield New York residents Charles Welch (juice & Jellies) and Edger Taylor, to move to Western New York to design and build their private residences including "The Chedwel Compound" for Welch and "The Thonawada Bungalow" for Taylor... The plans were drawn-up by O.S. Lang in a sleek Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie Bungalow style with a low pitch roof and a ribbon of 38 windows surrounding the first floor's cedar shake covered exterior. As time and fortunes past, Thonawada Bungalow fell into disrepair and was eventually rescued in 2007 by Bob & Sheila who decided not to remodel the home, but rather, restore it back to its original intended country elegance....The House and seven acres of vineyards and artfully landscaped grounds and water features are now available, year round for you and your family and friends to enjoy for a couple days, weeks, or even a month.

What makes this House unique

LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE! It is our pleasure to share the healing powers that are realized in small towns, simple pleasures, and the satisfaction of planting a seed and watching it grow to maturity...Welcome to "The Westfield House" Visitors to The Westfield House" are invited to walk the scenic paths around Turtle Pond, through the two waterfalls, and relax along the way at the stone Patio, above the falls, with a glass of regional wine then hang-out in the hammocks at the Pond House. After your short rest, continue through the century old vineyard once owned by the Mogen David Wine Company (Today one of the largest wine producers in the world)...Along your way, you will also pass through our fledgling orchard. Combined, you will pick sweet Concord Grapes, apples, pears, cherries, plums, peaches, crab apples, Hickory Nuts, and Butter Nuts… ENJOY Life in the Slow Lane! After consuming your fill of fresh fruit and nuts, you will venture into our Crop Circles, the largest of which takes you nowhere after a fifteen minute walk from the outer ring and into the center... If you still have some energy left over, we find that many guests pick-up the pace and retrace their steps out of the circle at a more lively pace...I believe the record is about 1 minute to the finish line and the beginning of a new path through Harry's Grove....Named after the woodsman who groomed all of the trees and shrubs on the property a decade ago)