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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.
The first is the internationally renowned Fallingwater house, perched over Bear Run waterfalls north of Ohiopyle. Public tours are offered, which allow enjoying Bear Run also. [4] The second Wright house is the Kentuck Knob residence, grounds, and sculpture park - located west of Ohiopyle and open to the public for tours and countryside walks. [5]
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]
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.
Polymath Park is near Wright's Fallingwater (23 miles) and Kentuck Knob (29 miles). All four houses are open to guided tours and overnight guests. Duncan House and Lindholm House are the only Wright houses in the area that offer overnight stays. [1] [2] Polymath Park is run by the nonprofit Usonian Preservation Corporation. [3]
Maidstone-on-the-Potomac is a historic house and farm near Falling Waters, West Virginia.Located on the Potomac River immediately opposite Williamsport, Maryland, the property consists of a 218-acre (88 ha) tract with a main house dating from c. 1741.
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]
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 ...