Falling Water

Fallingwater: Route 381 South Mill Run, 15464

“Fallingwater is a great blessing - one of the great blessings to be experienced here on earth, I think nothing yet ever equaled the coordination, sympathetic expression of the great principle of repose where forest and stream and rock and all the elements of structure are combined so quietly that really you listen not to any noise whatsoever although the music of the stream is there. But you listen to Fallingwater the way you listen to the quiet of the country...”
-Frank Lloyd Wright

Recognized as one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s greatest works, Fallingwater was designed as a dream home in 1935 for the Edgar J. Kaufmann family, and constructed into a breathtaking reality from 1936-1939. The Kaufmann family used Fallingwater as their summer home from then on into the 1950’s. In 1963, Edgar J. Kaufmann Jr. entrusted the home to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. This is the sole home designed by the great architect that is open to the public in all its authentic splendor. The original furnishings and artwork remain intact. The tour of the home provides you with a detailed account of every element of design Wright considered in Fallingwater’s conception, as he strove to create a structure that parallels its surroundings, becoming one with nature.

Hours:

From mid-March to Thanksgiving, Fallingwater is open from 10am-4pm Tuesday through Sunday. It is also open for special holidays.

Admission is $15, reservations highly recommended

Getting There:

By Car:
Take 376 East straight onto the Pittsburgh Interchange. Stay right at the fork in the ramp. Merge onto I-76E (PA Turnpike). 76E becomes 76/70, but stay on 76E until Exit 9 (Donegal). Turn left onto Route 31E and go 2 miles to Route 381S. Turn right onto Route 381S for about 20 miles until you reach Fallingwater.

Web Site:

www.wpconline.org/fallingwaterhome.htm