homes; Thomas also envisioned an inn, country club, business block and apartment houses. Thomas's vision of a model village included curving streets, garages built out of sight in the foundations of houses and underground wiring. Only 81 houses and this so-called "community store building" were built before the project was abandoned as a financial failure. Despite its label as failure by some, architectural journals of the day lauded the project as an able contribution to advanced community planning and praised Thomas's balance between "unity vs. chaos" and "variety vs. monotony". The Forest Hill development is believed to be ThomasŐs only work in Ohio.
Apart from its history, The Heights Rockefeller Building, which formally opened on May 02, 1931, is significant as a fine example of French Norman architecture. The French Norman design possesses both style and character without too much insistence
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