Fallingwater

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Fallingwater, also known as the Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. Residence, is a house designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1934 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. The house was built partly over a waterfall in Bear Run at Rural Route 1 in the Mill Run section of Stewart Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in the Laurel Highlands of the Allegheny Mountains. Hailed by Time magazine shortly after its comp... more
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Opened:

  • 1935

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Also known as:

  • Falling Water,
  • Edgar Kaufman House

Architecture

Architect

Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright, June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 projects, which resulted in more than 500 completed works. Wright promoted organic architecture (exemplified by Fallingwater),...

Address

Fallingwater Address

PA Route 381
Ohiopyle Pennsylvania
United States of America

Address

Fallingwater Address

PA Route 381
Ohiopyle Pennsylvania
United States of America

Fallingwater Address

W of PA 381
Pennsylvania
United States of America

Type of museum:

Established:

  • 1964

Visitors:

number date
  • 135,000
  • 2007

Owner:

Owner Start Date End Date
  • 1964
  • 1935
  • 1963
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Listed Site

Designation as Natural or Cultural Site:

Designation Date Listed Category or Criteria
  • 1974
  • Jul 23, 1974
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Location

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Latitude Longitude
  • 39.90657
  • -79.46775
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Significant Year:

  • 1936
  • 1938
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