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Fallingwater is situated in Stewart Township in the Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania, United States, [4] [5] about 72 miles (116 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. [6] [7] The house is located near Pennsylvania Route 381 (PA 381), [8] [9] between the communities of Ohiopyle and Mill Run in Fayette County.
Fallingwater, 2013 Kaufmann Desert House, 2017. Edgar J. Kaufmann and his wife, Liliane, commissioned two of the most recognized landmarks of 20th-century American modernism architecture: Pennsylvania's Fallingwater and California's Kaufmann Desert House. Fallingwater is a National Historic Landmark [6] and on the National Register of Historic ...
Kentuck Knob, also known as the Hagan House, is a house in rural Stewart Township near the village of Chalkhill in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. Designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright , it is 45 miles (72 km) southeast of Pittsburgh . [ 3 ]
The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Fallingwater house, perched over the Bear Run waterfall at Mill Run, Pennsylvania, is an internationally renowned architectural landmark. Fallingwater was entrusted to the Conservancy by Edgar Kaufmann jr. [sic] in October 1963. [20]
Wright created the ultimate masterpiece of organic architecture, Fallingwater, which best demonstrates his organic architecture philosophy: the harmonious union of art and nature. Fallingwater [1] is the residence Wright designed for the Kaufmann family in rural Pennsylvania. Wright had many choices to locate a home on this large site but chose ...
The Fallingwater house, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, is located on this stream at the locality known as Mill Run. [7] Bear Run is inside the Bear Run Nature Reserve, protected by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. [8] Bear Run is a designated Pennsylvania Scenic River. [9]
The community of Falling Waters was established in 1815. Because of its location between Hagerstown and Martinsburg on the Potomac River, Falling Waters is a predominantly residential community with numerous historic residences, some of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Falling Water State Park is open for year-round recreation including camping, fishing, hiking and swimming. [12] The park is noted for hosting campfire circles. Park rangers give interpretive talks at the circles and present a slide show. The main campground is on one of the highest hills in Florida at 324 feet (99 m). [12]