Fallingwater to offer free admission to Fayette County residents
FARMINGTON – Western Pennsylvania Conservancy invites Fayette County residents to tour Fallingwater free of charge on the annual Fayette County Appreciation Days, which will take place Friday, Nov. 11, and Sunday, Nov. 13. Fayette County Appreciation Days will be held from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Residents receive free admission to a regular tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterwork in Mill Run.
In addition, Fallingwater’s cafe will offer a Thanksgiving lunch special available for purchase, beginning at 11 a.m.
A National Historic Landmark and an official project of the Save America’s Treasures program, Fallingwater was designated the Commonwealth Treasure of 2000 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
In 2001, National Geographic Traveler magazine named Fallingwater one of 40 “Places of a Lifetime.” A 1991 poll of members of the American Institute of Architects named Fallingwater the best all-time work of American architecture.
To guarantee admittance, advance reservations for tours are essential. Call 724-329-8501 for information and reservations.
Residents are also invited to visit “Poetry in Nature,” a photo exhibition at The Barn, one-half mile north of the Fallingwater entrance. Photographer Robert Ruschak’s black and white images reveal the intertwining of building and nature at Fallingwater.
Fallingwater is located on Route 381 south of Mill Run. Fallingwater is entrusted to Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, an organization that protects, conserves and restores land and water for the diversity of the region’s plants, animals and their ecosystems. Through science-based strategies, collaboration, leadership and recognition of the relationship between humankind and nature, WPC achieves tangible conservation outcomes for present and future generations.