Walking tour/Nature Walk, ~1.25 mi
~100 ft elevation gain
Hiked 9/12/25
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallingwater
Toured the famous Frank Lloyd Wright house, Fallingwater. Finished in 1939 and now a World Heritage Site, it is built on top of a waterfall section of Bear Run stream, it is meant to be a part of the landscape. The free flowing and cantilevered structures are a sight to behold.
Vertical shot of the exterior of Fallingwater from The View.
Angled side view of Fallingwater. This is the main view guests would have had as they arrived.
An angled side view of the house, showing the stream flowing beneath the cantilevered structures.
Living room area of the main room.
Fireplace area of the main room. The large stew pot on the left side may swing over the fireplace- used for mulled wine. Also notice the bedrock jutting out from the floor, as a decent amount of this area is natural landscape.
View of the main area of the guest house. Personally, the guest house seemed like it would have been far more comfortable to actually live in.
View of the cantilevered roof, as seen from in front of the guest house. All of this is concrete from a single pour and had 3 or 4 more of the 'steps' leading down the walkway.
Thank you! It's really hard to take a bad photo there. 😄
I forgot to mention, I felt somewhat uncomfortable at first going out onto the deck area with those railings that would in no way meet building codes today!
You can see in your one photo, for those that haven't been here, the railings are about the height of those low chairs and sofa. If I'm remembering right, the story was the owner's kid was grown up and wasn't going to give him grandkids, so to keep the deck area from detracting from the scenery with actual safety railings, they called those low walls good enough. I feel they were like mid-thigh tall, and I was imagining them being nerve wracking if one indulged in too many martinis out there!
Really did maximize the view though!
That’s correct, here’s a better photo to show those low deck walls, it’s from the upper deck instead, but same deal. And if you go over, it’s as much as four or so floors down to a bedrock stream. A lot of things in that house definitely would not pass code haha, those stone steps really gave one of the other visitors issue.
Yes, that shows it off well!
I doubt I've ever paid more mind to my center of gravity as standing there.
Now, sitting there, on an autumn day, perhaps using a charcoal grill and having a cocktail, that sounds perfect.