Fallingwater
Also known as: Edgar Kaufman HouseW of PA 381, Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Map
Coordinates:
+39.90657, -79.4677539°54'24" N, 79°28'04" W
Quadrangle map:Mill Run
Description
Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937, it was commissioned by Pittsburgh retailers Edgar J. and Lillian S. Kaufmann.
-- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS PA-5346)
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 1974
- Reference number
- 74001781
- Architectural style
- Other architectural type; Wright
- Areas of significance
- Landscape Architecture; Conservation; Architecture
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Building
- Historic functions
- Single dwelling; Secondary structure
- Current function
- Educational related housing
- Period of significance
- 1925-1949
- Significant years
- 1936; 1938
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 3
Contributing structures: 1
Update Log
- October 17, 2020: New photo from Bill Eichelberger
- March 2, 2020: New Street View added by Michael Miller
- June 16, 2016: New photos from J.R. Manning