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Fallingwater: An In-Depth Exploration

Overnight Tour

Multi-Day Tour

Sunday, March 31, 2019 - 9:30 a.m., to Monday, April 1, 2019 - 8:00 p.m. ET
Code: 1NNFAL
Location:
Detailed information for overnight tours
is mailed approximately FOUR WEEKS
prior to departure. For immediate questions
please call 202-633-8647
Select your Tickets
$600
Double Room Member
$800
Double Room Non-Member
$725
Single Room Member
$925
Single Room Non-Member
Fallingwater (Photo: Risa Ryan)

One of America's most innovative architects, Frank Lloyd Wright experimented with new ways to design homes and integrate them into nature. Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob are prime examples of this organic architecture. Visit both on an overnight tour to the scenic Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania led by architectural historian Bill Keene—and stay at a Wright-inspired hotel.

Perhaps Wright’s most iconic structure, Fallingwater was designed in 1936 as a mountain retreat for the Kaufmann family of Pittsburgh. Cantilevered over a waterfall, it is one of the most dramatic and frequently photographed works of architecture. It is also the only remaining major Wright house with its setting, original furnishings, and artworks intact.

In a special in-depth visit before Fallingwater’s public opening hours, museum guides interpret the house in many contexts, covering its history, architecture, and its relationship with the surrounding landscape. Participants are offered access to secondary spaces not available to regular visitors, and interior photography is permitted (for personal use).

Later, visit one of Wright’s noted Usonian houses, Kentuck Knob. Constructed entirely of Tidewater red cypress and native fieldstone, the house appears almost a part of the mountain on which it is built. Designed in 1953 for the I.N. Hagan family, Kentuck Knob now houses furnishings and art of the current owners, Peter and Hayat Palumbo.

Accommodations are at Falling Rock, a AAA Five-Diamond boutique hotel at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, whose architecture and interior design pay tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright’s organic style. Participants have free time on Sunday afternoon and evening to enjoy the many activities and amenities offered at the resort. Dinner is on your own at one of the several restaurants on site.

A lunch stop is made en route at Penn Alps Restaurant and Craft Shop; enjoy breakfast at Nemacolin and lunch (included) at a local restaurant; a rest stop is made en route home to purchase a meal.

GENERAL DETAILS

  • Cost includes bus transportation, lodging, all activities, and the following meals: one breakfast and one lunch
  • Overnight accommodations are at Falling Rock, a AAA Five-Diamond boutique hotel at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort.
  • Tour departs by bus from the Mayflower Hotel, Connecticut Ave and DeSales St, NW, with a pickup stop at I-270 Exit 26 Urbana carpool lot at approximately 10:25 a.m.
  • Single-room supplement $125 (factored into the Single Room Member and Single Room Non-Member pricing).
  • Singles registering at the double-room rate are paired (on a nonsmoking basis) if possible, but must pay the single-room supplement otherwise.
  • Detailed information is mailed to registrants about four weeks prior to departure.
  • Registrants may want to consider purchasing trip insurance.
  • Some parts of Fallingwater are not accessible to visitors with disabilities.

World Art History Certificate elective: Earn 1/2 credit