Fallingwater
House in Stewart Township, Pennsylvania in Mill Run, Pennsylvania. Built 1936 by Frank Lloyd Wright. Added to the National Register in 1974, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
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 Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr., the owner of Kaufmann's Department Store in Pittsburgh, and his wife Liliane. The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC), which has operated Fallingwater as a tourist attraction since 1963, maintains 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) surrounding the house.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | W of PA 381, Mill Run vicinity, PA |
| County | Fayette County |
| Listed | Jul 23, 1974 |
| Reference number | 74001781 |
| Built | 1936 |
| Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Type of place | single-family detached home, historic house museum |
| Style | organic architecture, modern architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, Tentative World Heritage Site, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site |
| Contributing resources | 3 buildings, 1 structures |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | W of PA 381, Mill Run, PA |
| Website | fallingwater.org ↗ |
| Coordinates | 39.90623, -79.46795 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Fort Necessity National Battlefield · 9 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Outflow Camping 9 mi · Youghiogheny Recreation Area 9 mi · Somerfield North Recreation Area 11 mi |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 74001781. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.