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Fallingwater is named for the location of the main house, [19] [20] which is oriented roughly south-southeast. [21] The Bear Run stream, a tributary of the Youghiogheny River, has an upper falls about 20–30 feet (6.1–9.1 m) high (where the main house is situated) and a lower falls about 7–10 feet (2.1–3.0 m) high.
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]
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]
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 ...
Another gold medal-winning garden, designed by show veteran Landon Moore of Nature Perfect Landscaping in Tumwater, is an homage to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater house in Pennsylvania.
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 ]
After painstakingly convincing the third owners of the house they finally acquired the 3-bed, 4.5 bath, 3,200-square-foot home on two acres along the Millstone River, in 1988.
Neighboring Frank Lloyd Wright homes — the Eppstein House and the Pratt House — are for sale in Kalamazoo County with a reported asking price of $4.5 million.