He went on to study art in Paris for three years, faced a period of illness, and ultimately settled into the life of a farmer and part-time artist in Westwood, Massachusetts.

[3] Three years after his death in 1932, his widow, Edith F. Wheelwright, honored his life by establishing a fellowship for "travel and study outside the United States.

[4] In 2013, the grant was renamed and reformatted to become an international competition for early-career architects who have graduated from an professionally accredited architectural program within the last 15 years.

[5] The Wheelwright Prize is open to early-career architects based anywhere in the world who have graduated from a professionally accredited architecture degree program in the past 15 years.

[3] The 2024 jury cycle comprises Noura Alsayeh, Mira Henry, Mark Lee, Jacob Riedel, Enrique Walker, and Harvard GSD dean Sarah M.