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Fallingwater
Sign in to saveFallingwater is a house museum in Stewart Township in the Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, it is built partly over a waterfall on the Bear Run stream. The three-story residence was developed as a weekend retreat for Liliane and Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr., the owner of Kaufmann's Department Store in Pittsburgh. The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC), which has operated Fallingwater as a tourist attraction since 1963, maintains surrounding the house.
Fallingwater is a house designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright in southwestern Pennsylvania, built partly over a waterfall as a weekend retreat for a wealthy Pittsburgh department store owner. It is now operated as a museum by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and is recognized as a notable example of Wright's architectural work.
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Key facts
- Historic site.name
- Fallingwater
- Historic site.image
- Fallingwater3.jpg
- Historic site.image_size
- 275px
- Historic site.alt
- Fallingwater, a house in Stewart Township, Pennsylvania, as seen from the bottom of a nearby waterfall
- Historic site.location
- Stewart Township,Fayette County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Historic site.nearest_city
- Uniontown
- Historic site.mapframe
- yes
- Historic site.mapframe zoom
- 13
- Historic site.mapframe width
- 300
- Historic site.mapframe marker
- building
- Historic site.mapframe caption
- Interactive map showing Fallingwater's location
- Historic site.built
- 1936–1937 (main house), 1939 (guest house)
- Historic site.architecture
- Modern, organic architecture
- Historic site.architect
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Historic site.governing_body
- Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
- Historic site.visitation_num
- about 160,000
- Historic site.visitation_year
- the 2010s
- Historic site.designation1
- WHS
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- fallingwater.org
- Image
- Fallingwater 2007.jpg
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- Commons category
- Fallingwater
- inception
- 1936-00-00
- directions
- between Ohiopyle and Mill Run, several miles north of town
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- native label
- Fallingwater
- official shop URL
- fallingwatermuseumstore.org
- contact page URL
- fallingwater.org/contact-us
- street address
- PO Box R, Mill Run, PA 15464
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43 sectionsContents
- Site
- Geography and structures
- Previous site usage
- Development
- Planning
- Construction
- Concrete and masonry work
- Completion
- Use as house
- Early years
- After World War II
- Use as museum
- 1960s and 1970s
- 1980s and early 1990s
- 1990s and 2000s renovations
- Mid-2000s to present
- Architecture
- Exterior
- Terraces
- Interior
- First story
- Other stories
- Guest wing
- Collection
- Furnishings and furniture
- Art
- Management
- Tours and programs
- Attendance
- Impact
- Reception
- Mid-20th century
- Late 20th century to present
- Media
- Awards and landmark designations
- Exhibits and architectural influence
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Fallingwater is a house museum in Stewart Township in the Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, it is built partly over a waterfall on the Bear Run stream. The three-story residence was developed as a weekend retreat for Liliane and Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr., the owner of Kaufmann's Department Store in Pittsburgh. The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC), which has operated Fallingwater as a tourist attraction since 1963, maintains surrounding the house.
Edgar Kaufmann Sr. had established a summer retreat at Bear Run for his employees by 1916. When employees stopped using the retreat, the Kaufmanns bought the site in July 1933 and hired Wright to design the house in 1934. Several structural issues arose during the house's construction, including cracked concrete and sagging terraces. The Kaufmanns began using the house in 1937 and hired Wright to design a guest wing, which was finished in 1939. Edgar Kaufmann Jr., the Kaufmanns' son, continued to use the house after his parents' deaths. After the WPC took over, it began hosting tours of the house in July 1964 and built a visitor center in 1979. The house was renovated in the late 1990s and early 2000s to remedy severe structural defects, including sagging terraces and poor drainage.
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