The Grand Design
This photo can't begin to give you the feeling you get while standing there in person looking at this place with your own eyes. I wanted to just stand there for hours to take it all in. My fiance has wanted to tour Fallingwater since before we met. So I figured it was time to make it happen with a surprise visit. The expressions on my fiance's face and her sheer excitement to be there in person cannot really be described in words. All that I could utter out during our tour were simple words like "Amazing", "Wow" and "Epic!" Trying to form full and intelligent sentences just wasn't in the cards during our tour.
The Fallingwater house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright back in 1935! It was built between 1936 and 1939! It sits over a creek and as you can see, there are some very scenic waterfalls at it's base, which gives it the name Fallingwater. The Kaufmann family, of Kaufmann's Department Store had Wright design and build this home as a retreat property in the woods. It was owned by the Kaufmann's until 1963 when Kaufmann Jr. donated the property to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy in 1963. Since 1964, it's been open to the public as a museum and hosts more than 120,000 visitors each year. I can understand why after visiting this wonderful place.
The Grand Design
This photo can't begin to give you the feeling you get while standing there in person looking at this place with your own eyes. I wanted to just stand there for hours to take it all in. My fiance has wanted to tour Fallingwater since before we met. So I figured it was time to make it happen with a surprise visit. The expressions on my fiance's face and her sheer excitement to be there in person cannot really be described in words. All that I could utter out during our tour were simple words like "Amazing", "Wow" and "Epic!" Trying to form full and intelligent sentences just wasn't in the cards during our tour.
The Fallingwater house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright back in 1935! It was built between 1936 and 1939! It sits over a creek and as you can see, there are some very scenic waterfalls at it's base, which gives it the name Fallingwater. The Kaufmann family, of Kaufmann's Department Store had Wright design and build this home as a retreat property in the woods. It was owned by the Kaufmann's until 1963 when Kaufmann Jr. donated the property to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy in 1963. Since 1964, it's been open to the public as a museum and hosts more than 120,000 visitors each year. I can understand why after visiting this wonderful place.