Parkwyn Village Celebrated Its
75th Anniversary in 2022

On January 17, 1947, an agreement was reached between the group that organized Parkwyn Village and Frank Lloyd Wright for a site plan and individual house design. On June 26th of that year, Wright met with the neighborhood’s founders and by September, a completed site plan was submitted to the city of Kalamazoo. The layout of the community and four Usonian homes in it were designed by Wright.

Seventy-five years later, the neighborhood serves as a vibrant example of Wright’s Usonian idea for a simple, stylish small house of moderate cost designed especially for the American middle class. In addition to Wright’s influence, homes designed by Kalamazoo architects Norman F. Carver, Jr. and George W. Sprau contributed considerably to the neighborhood’s mid-century aesthetic. The neighborhood’s historic, cultural and architectural significance was recently acknowledged with a listing on the National Register of Historic Places, the official list of America's historic places worthy of preservation administered by the U.S. National Park Service.

On Saturday, September 10, 2022, more than 120 current and former Parkwyn Village residents and their guests gathered for Parkwyn Village’s 75th Anniversary Gala to mark the neighborhood’s 75th anniversary.

Additional photos from the event are shared on our Facebook page.

We are grateful to all those who participated in the first of our celebratory events in June and July, 2022.