EntityQ463179· pop 59· linked from 871 articles

Fallingwater

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.

AI overview

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.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

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

Article

43 sections

Contents

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

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.