First we went to Fallingwaters which is a house designed by Frank Loyd Wright in the mid 1930's. It was originally owed by the Kaufmans of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. They were also the owners of Kaufmans Dept stores which is now owned by Maceys. They had one son and the house went to him. He never married and had no heirs, and at his death it went to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy which is the caretakers of the house and property. The house and surrounding acerage is about 5000 acres. We next went to the temporary Memorial for the victims of Flight 93 on Sept 11, 2001, near Shanksville Pennsylvania. Then we came back to Ohio and went to Lake Erie and spent the night at Port Clinton. That is about 50 miles east of Toledo. This lighthouse has been in continuous operation since 1821 and is the oldest of any on the Great Lakes.
Great pictures Capt., now I am really excited to see the rest of them. I saw a PBS program several years ago about the restoration that had to be done on Fallingwaters when it was given to the Conservancy. I just love the looks of that house and surroundings. I love lighthouses too.
I was really surprised as the doorways and hallways were very narrow. One of the guys in our tour group was 6'4" and he spent almost the whole time bent over so his head wouldn't scrape on the ceiling. The biggest room was the Great Room which is between the 1st and second balcony. It is a wall of windows and was really pretty. We were not allowed to take pics inside.
Fallingwaters looks very modern to have been built in the 1930's. Love the waterfall...how relaxing it must be to sit on the balcony above. The lighthouse is fantastic Capt. Hard to believe it has been working since 1821. I wonder if it's haunted LOL Keep the pictures coming Capt!
The waterfall is awesome CK and it must have sounded lovely too. Really great piccies so please post more for us to see. :-D
I would spend all my time looking out the windows or setting on the balconys watching the woods. The noise of the stream would also help you to sleep too. The water was really low when we were there as they hadn't had much rain lately. Wright designed it in 1932 and construction started in 1935 and was completed in 1937. Originally it was built as a getaway home for weekends and vacations. Once more modern transportation came and better roads, then they lived there full time. The son lived there until his death in 1985 and then the conservancy took it over. The son never married and had no living heirs.
Wonderful pictures.I thank you so very much for all the wonders especially the lighthouse I do love them.The waterfall is amazing.
I think I woud flip living with waterfall sounds underneath my house, but it really looks lovely. The lighthouse too. We've got similar ones around here, too.
Capt Kirk, You was have been in my back yard.. Now I see th Capt Kirk,your running around in my back yard. Shanksville is only about 30 mile from my house, and the house in the water is about 50 the other direction. Those photos are quite familiar to us here. thanks for sharing .
We were all over that area, driving the backroads and looking at the countryside. If the leaves had changed a little more it would have been even greater.
Come back in October ......... Capt.. Kirk Come back in October close to the 14 and go to the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvaia.....You won't regret that trip....... Maples galore here. We had frost last nite so it will look more beautiful.
