Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- photographer. still image Digital photographs Color 2010-2020. gmgpc 2016-10-12. eng Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Intending it be their families' joint home, the pioneer aviator brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright hired the prominent Dayton architectural firm of Schenck and Williams to design this mansion in the Dayton suburb. Orville and his father Milton and sister Katharine occupied the home, after Wilbur's death in 1912 prior to the home's completion in 1914. The home was owned by the NCR (National Cash Register) Corporation after Orville's death in 1948 until August 18, 2006, when the company donated the historic home to the Wright Family Foundation in honor of Orville's 135th birthday and National Aviation Day. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; Forms part of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. America Hawthorn Hill House Orville Wright Wilbur Wright Wright brothers Katherine Wright Milton Wright NCR Corporation Wright Family Foundation Wright family home United States Ohio Montgomery County Oakwood. Carol M. Highsmith Archive. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.41773 No known restrictions on publication.