Homer Fieldhouse

With the help of his son, Architect's Assistant/Presentation Model Craftsman Erik Fieldhouse, Homer was able to stay active in the profession through his final years. He died at age 80 in Madison in 2008.

Homer's last 18-hole golf course was Lake Breeze Golf Club in Winneconne, Wisconsin, which opened in 1991. Overall, Homer's last golf course project was CNC Links in Newton, Wisconsin, which opened in 2008.

In the 1980s, Homer was able to establish contact and exchange correspondence with possible relative Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse (later Baron Fieldhouse).

In 1967, Homer prepared a book, Recreation Land Development, for the State of Wisconsin Department of Resource Development.

In 1953, Homer moved to Madison, Wisconsin to open a nursery business with his father. The father-son team worked together until Claire died in 1957. Throughout the mid- to late-1950s, Homer worked on landscaping projects for a variety of clients, often traveling to California during the winter months to work. Homer and Lynn Sulis married at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed First Unitarian Society Meeting House on June 28, 1958.

Homer started doing golf course work in the mid-1950s, with the bulk of his golf course work being done between 1961 and 1972. A partial list from this period includes:

In the mid- to late-1950s, Homer befriended Alex Jordan, creator of the House on the Rock. Homer, Alex, friend Edgar Hellum, Homer's brother Roger and members of Roger's work crew traveled to New York in March 1964 to landscape the Wisconsin Pavilion exhibit at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. Homer had been hired by Wisconsin's Lieutenant Governor, Jack Olson, to do the outdoor landscaping and to construct an indoor waterfall.

After graduating from Dodgeville (WI.) High School in 1946, Homer enlisted in the Marines. He was stationed at Cherry Point, North Carolina as a mechanic, primarily working on F4U Corsairs.

Homer David Fieldhouse (June 10, 1928 – June 30, 2008) was an American landscape architect who is credited with designing and overseeing the creation of almost 60 golf courses across the Midwest. He was close friends with Alex Jordan, creator of the House on the Rock.