The Historic Preservation Society of Tullahoma will meet on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 1 p.m. at the home of Leslie Wurst at 502 Lake Hills Road in Tullahoma. Leslie will relate the story of her home, a bungalow/craftsman style house built by Walter Dennis Fox about 1910 overlooking Ovoca Falls.

Ovoca was a 400 acre site established by the Knights of Pythias as a Home for their widows and orphans. K of P Grand Keeper and Records of Seals Mr. Fox, of Irish descent, took the lead in establishing the Home which he named Ovoca after the river Avoca in Ireland. 

The house is notable for its history and architecture and has been declared eligible for listing on The National Register of Historic Places by the Tennessee Historical Commission.  The Fox-Wurst house may be reached by turning left off of Lake Hills Road onto Woodmont and parking in the driveway.