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2015–2016 Frank National Reciprocal Sites Membership Program

The National Reciprocal Sites Program includes 30 historic sites across the . FLWR on your membership card indicates that you enjoy the National Reciprocal sites benefit. Benefits vary from site to site. Please check websites listed in this brochure for detailed information on each site. ALABAMA 1 2 West 3 4 Florida Southern 601 RIVERVIEW DRIVE 12621 N. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BLVD BARNSDALL PARK 750 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT WAY , AL 35630 SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85261-4430 4800 BLVD LAKELAND, FL 33801 256.718.5050 480.860.2700 , CA 90027 863.680.4597 ROSENBAUMHOUSE.COM FRANKLLOYDWRIGHT.ORG 323.644.6269 FLSOUTHERN.EDU/FLW WRIGHTINALABAMA.COM FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION BARNSDALL.ORG FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION TOUR HOURS: 9AM–4PM FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION TOUR HOURS: TOUR HOURS: BOOKSHOP HOURS: 8:30AM–6PM TOUR HOURS: THURS–SUN, 11AM–4PM OPEN ALL YEAR, EXCEPT OPEN ALL YEAR, EXCEPT TOUR TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS AND NEW Experience firsthand Frank Lloyd MAJOR HOLIDAYS. HOLLYHOCK HOUSE VISITOR’S CENTER YEAR’S DAY. 10AM–4PM Wright’s brilliant ability to integrate TUES–SAT, 10AM–4PM IN BARNSDALL PARK. VISITOR CENTER & GIFT SHOP HOURS: SUN, 1PM–4PM indoor and outdoor spaces at Taliesin Hollyhock House is Wright’s first 9:30AM–4:30PM West—Wright’s winter home, school The Rosenbaum House is the only Los Angeles project. Built between and studio from 1937-1959, located Discover the largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed 1919 and 1923, it represents his on 600 acres of dramatic desert. Now Frank Lloyd Wright in the structure in the state of Alabama. earliest efforts to develop a regionally the international headquarters for world. A true American treasure. Designed in 1939 for Stanley and appropriate style of architecture for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Explore the genius of America’s Mildred Rosenbaum, the Rosenbaum . Taking advantage School of Architecture and Archives. greatest through his most House is considered by many to of Los Angeles’ dry, temperate fully articulated vision: the campus of be the purest example of Wright’s Benefits: Free Panorama Tours for up climate, Hollyhock House is a in Lakeland, Usonian design. to four family members. remarkable combination of house and Florida. Home to thirteen remarkable gardens. In addition to the central The Rosenbaum House is constructed Wright structures, the campus garden court, each major interior of cypress, glass and , and has features the newly built Usonian space adjoins an equivalent exterior been meticulously restored. Its flat Faculty House, the stunning Water space, connected either by glass roofs and large overhanging eaves, Dome, and Wright’s only planetarium doors, a porch, pergola or colonnade. the expanses of glass and the flowing and theater-in-the-round. space are all hallmarks of a Usonian. A series of rooftop terraces further Typical of many of Wright’s projects, extend the living space and provide Benefits: Two free admissions to the the house also includes original magnificent views of the Los Angeles Usonian Faculty House. furnishings designed by the architect. basin and the . The Rosenbaums were the sole Benefits: One free basic admission. owners and occupants until 1999, when the house was purchased by the City of Florence and opened as a . Benefits: One free basic admission. 5 Charnley-Persky House 6 B. Harley Bradley House 7 8 Frank Lloyd Wright Home 1365 N. ASTOR STREET 701 S. HARRISON AVE AT THE RIVER 7415 N. and Studio , IL 60610 KANKAKEE, IL 60901 CHICAGO, IL 60626 951 CHICAGO AVENUE 312.573.1365 815.936.9630 312.994.4000 OAK PARK, IL 60302 CHARNLEYPERSKYHOUSE.ORG WRIGHTINKANKAKEE.ORG FLWRIGHT.ORG 312.994.4000 FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FLWRIGHT.ORG TOUR HOURS: TOUR HOURS: ROOM RESERVATIONS: 773.654.3959 FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION WED, 12PM (YEAR-ROUND) GUIDED TOURS OFFERED HOURLY EMILBACHHOUSE.COM TOUR HOURS: DAILY, 11AM–4PM. SAT, 10AM, 12 NOON(APR–OCT) FRI, SAT, SUN, 12–3PM; MON–THURS, TOUR HOURS: WED-THURS (MAY- CLOSED THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, SAT, 12PM (NOV–MAR) BY APPOINTMENT MID-OCT), 11AM–3PM NEW YEAR’S AND FOR TWO WEEKS TOUR IS 60 MINUTES AND LIMITED TO GIFT SHOP OPEN DURING TOURS IN JAN–FEB FOR PRESERVATION Wright built this richly conceived yet 15 PEOPLE. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED; Only 30 minutes south of Chicago’s ACTIVITIES. NO ADVANCE RESERVATIONS. intimately scaled residence in 1915 for suburbs, Wright left an enduring Frank Lloyd Wright used his first the president of Chicago’s Bach Brick Designed by famed Chicago architect legacy with two neighboring houses home (1889) to explore design Co. While adopting the vocabulary of the firm Adler & Sullivan beautifully set along the scenic concepts that contain the seeds of Wright’s Prairie houses, the Bach in 1891-1892, the Charnley-Persky Kankakee River—the B. Harley of his architectural philosophy. In House also looks toward the architect’s House is a National Historic Landmark as Bradley House, fully restored based on his adjacent studio (1898), Wright future stylistic directions in its crisp well as one of the few extant buildings original blueprints, open since 2010, and his associates created a new geometry and efficient scale. In 2013, that display the combined talents of and the Warren R. Hickox House, a American architecture, the Prairie Bach House was comprehensively Louis H. Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. private residence. Designed in 1900, style. The Home and Studio was the restored for tours, vacation stays and The house embodies Sullivan’s desire these mark the beginning of Wright’s birthplace of Wright’s vision for a new rentals. to develop a new form of American Prairie style. The surrounding American architecture. More than 100 architecture that would break with the Riverview Historic District offers Benefits: Two free basic tours. 15% buildings were executed by Wright’s past and would express new American a scenic river neighborhood drive. discount on first night of a minimum Oak Park Studio. The surrounding values and ideals. Wright called it “the Ample free parking. Well-appointed 2-night stay. neighborhood has the highest first modern house in America.” This gift shop fills the original stable. concentration of Wright buildings in new form would be a basis for Wright’s Scenic river cruises offered May– the world. Prairie style and heralded a fundamental October. Benefits: Two free basic tours. change in architectural style. Benefits: One free basic tour. The Charnley-Persky House is recognized as a seminal house in the development of modern residential design as well as a keystone of the architectural philosophies of Sullivan and Wright. Benefits: One free basic tour. ILLINOIS (cont) 9 Frederick C. 10 Rookery Light Court 11 12 5757 S. WOODLAWN AVENUE 209 S. LASALLE STREET 875 LAKE STREET 1301 WOODLAND AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60637 CHICAGO, IL 60604 OAK PARK, IL 60301 WEST LAFAYETTE, IN 47906 312.994.4000 312.994.4000 312.994.4000 765.409.5522 FLWRIGHT.ORG FLWRIGHT.ORG FLWRIGHT.ORG SAMARA-HOUSE.ORG FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION TOUR HOURS: TOUR HOURS: TOUR HOURS: TOUR HOURS: APR–NOV, THURS–MON, 11AM–3PM MON–FRI, 12 NOON MON, WED, THURS, FRI, 9AM–3PM BY RESERVATION ONLY, CLOSED TUES AND WED SAT, 9AM–1PM CALL 765.409.5522. Set in the heart of Chicago’s financial One of the great masterpieces of district, and John Unity Temple (1905-08) represents The John E. Christian House, which 20th-century architecture and interior Root’s 1888 is a defining moment in Frank Lloyd Frank Lloyd Wright named SAMARA, design, the Robie House synthesizes a Chicago landmark, containing Wright’s early career. Designed in is a pristine example of his Usonian all of the major innovations of one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most Wright’s Oak Park Studio for his own style. Revered as one of the most Wright’s design philosophy. The dramatic interior compositions, a Unitarian congregation, it is one of complete Wright homes in existence, definitive expression of Wright’s luminous and brilliantly articulated the first public buildings in America SAMARA is one of the few homes Prairie style, it is also a precursor of central light court. In 1905, Wright to feature exposed concrete and is still occupied by the original owner , featuring an open floor was commissioned to remodel Wright’s greatest public building and client. Built in 1955-56, this plan, sweeping horizontal planes, the Rookery lobbies. He realized a of his Prairie era. The harmony of home includes over forty of Wright’s dramatic cantilevers, and long stunning balance between Burnham the building’s strikingly geometric innovations, such as colored radiant- ribbons of leaded glass windows. Its & Root’s ornamental ironwork and architecture and decorative elements heated floors, flat roofs with revolutionary design makes it the his own vision to create a spectacular exemplifies Wright’s theory of organic overhanging eaves, large expanses of most innovative and forward thinking environment. design. Unity Temple announced a glass and indirect intensity-controlled of all Wright’s Prairie houses. new era of innovation in modern lighting. Also, mitered glass corners Benefits: Two free basic tours. Benefits: Two free basic tours. architecture. function to extend nature into the Benefits: Two free basic tours. living areas throughout the house. SAMARA was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 and is currently being considered FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING CONSERVANCY for National Historic Landmark A preservation advocacy and education organization designation. Benefits: One free basic tour. 53 West Jackson Benefits: $25 discount on Annual Conference Suite 1120 to Frank Lloyd Wright National Reciprocal Sites Chicago, IL 60604 members. 312.663.5500 savewright.org KANSAS 13 The Historic Park Inn 14 Stockman House 15 Frank Lloyd Wright’s 16 Hotel (City National Bank 530 1ST STREET NE Allen House Museum and 450 MADISON AVENUE SE and ) MASON CITY, IA 50401 Study Center GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 49503 641.423.1923 616.246.4821 7 WEST STATE STREET 255 N. ROOSEVELT STOCKMANHOUSE.ORG MEYERMAYHOUSE.STEELCASE.COM MASON CITY, IA 50401 WICHITA, KANSAS 67208 FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION 641.423.0689 (TOURS) 316.687.1027 641.422.0015 (ROOM RESERVATIONS) TOURS: REGULAR TOURS ARE 316.706.9286 TOUR HOURS: SUN, 1–4PM; TUES, WRIGHTONTHEPARK.ORG SCHEDULED FROM MID-MAY THRU FLLWALLENHOUSE.ORG THURS, 10AM–1PM. CLOSED HOLIDAYS. FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION OCTOBER. OFF-SEASON TOURS ARE FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION HOURS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. AVAILABLE BY ADVANCE APPOINTMENT. TOUR HOURS: THURS AND FRI, 11:30AM TOUR HOURS: TOURS GIVEN BY PLEASE CALL 616.246.4821 TO AND 1PM; SAT, 11:30AM; SUN, 1:30PM TOURS BEGIN AT THE ADJACENT APPOINTMENT ONLY. TWO-WEEK CONFIRM SCHEDULE INFORMATION ROBERT E. MCCOY ARCHITECTURAL ADVANCE NOTICE IS REQUIRED. OR TO MAKE A RESERVATION. Frank Lloyd Wright designed six INTERPRETIVE CENTER & GIFT SHOP. MINIMUM 5 PEOPLE, MAXIMUM RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR hotels. Five were built, but only one 25 PEOPLE. GROUPS OF 10 OR MORE, OR FOR remains. Originally opened in 1910 as Though not a “Fireproof House” GROUPS INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS WHO MUSEUM SHOP HOURS: OPEN DURING of concrete as Wright advertised REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE. THERE the City National Bank and Park Inn SCHEDULED TOURS Hotel, the property now functions as a in the 1907 Ladies Home Journal, IS NO CHARGE TO TOUR THE HOUSE AND Designed in 1915, the Allen House VIEW THE FILM, THE RENEWING OF A 27-room boutique hotel following an the Stockman House is a beautiful is considered the last of the Prairie VISION. extensive restoration/rehabilitation home of wood frame and stucco. houses, which Frank Lloyd Wright which was completed in 2011. The Wright’s efficient design radically The Meyer May House, completed in considered “among my best.” Historic Park Inn Hotel is designed liberated interior space and features 1909, is a mature example of Frank Restored back to 1918, the house in Wright’s Prairie style and retains remarkable symmetry, a dramatic Lloyd Wright’s Prairie style. Initially exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright’s many historic details while featuring cantilevered entry, and distinctive designed for a prominent Grand philosophy of living in harmony modern amenities. In addition to its hallmarks of his period. Rapids businessman, the house was with nature. The house was pivotal individual significance, the building The 1908 Stockman House neighbors purchased by in 1985, in the movement to the Usonian was the impetus for the development a historic concentration of Prairie meticulously restored, and opened designs of 1935. Interior furnishings of a robust Prairie School presence in School homes designed by Walter to the public in 1987. The Steelcase manufactured by Niedecken Mason City, which includes Wright’s Burley Griffin and other associates of and Frank Lloyd Wright connection Walbridge represent the last of Stockman House and the Rock Crest/ Wright from his Oak Park Studio. began in 1936 when Steelcase was twelve collaborations. Considered by contracted to manufacture the Rock Glen National Historic District, Five blocks to the east is Wright’s many visitors “the house of choice to furniture Wright had designed for the which is the largest concentration 1910 Historic Park Inn and City live in!” Johnson Administration Building in of Prairie School architecture on one National Bank. contiguous site in the world. Benefits: One free basic tour; Racine, . Benefits: One free basic tour. 10% discount in Museum Shop. Benefits: One free basic tour. Benefits: 20% discount on merchandise. MISSOURI 17 The Frank Lloyd Wright 18 Zimmerman House 19 Solomon R. Guggenheim 20 Estate House in Ebsworth Park CURRIER MUSEUM OF 6472 OLD LAKESHORE ROAD () 150 ASH STREET 1071 (AT 89TH ST) DERBY, NY 14047 (20 MINUTES FROM MANCHESTER, NH 03104 DOWNTOWN BUFFALO, NY) 120 N. BALLAS ROAD NEW YORK, NY 10128 603.669.6144 X108 716.947.9217 ST. LOUIS, MO 63122 212.423.3500 CURRIER.ORG GRAYCLIFFESTATE.ORG 314.822.8359 GUGGENHEIM.ORG FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION EBSWORTHPARK.ORG FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION TOURS: RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED MUSEUM HOURS: TOUR HOURS: OPEN YEAR-ROUND; AND AVAILABLE THURS–MON, CLOSED WED IN EARLY SPRING AND TOURS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, CALL FRI, SUN–WED, 10AM–5:45PM APRIL THROUGH DECEMBER. CALL LATE AUTUMN; LIMITED WINTER 314.822.8359. TOURS ARE LIMITED TO SAT, 10AM–7:45PM 603.669.6144 EXT.108 FOR TOUR HOURS. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. 10 PEOPLE. ADVANCE APPOINTMENTS CLOSED THURS. INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS, OR REQUIRED. SHOP HOURS: 9:30AM–4:30PM VISIT CURRIER.ORG. MUSEUM SHOP HOURS: FRI, SUN–WED, Nestled in grassy fields on 10.5 acres 9:30AM–6:15PM; THURS, 11AM–6PM; Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as The Zimmerman House is the only SAT, 9:30AM–8:30PM in the Sugar Creek area of Kirkwood, the country estate of Isabelle and residence in New England designed Missouri, the Usonian Kraus House The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Darwin Martin, Graycliff (1926-31) by the acclaimed American architect is an excellent example of Wright’s is home to one of the world’s is set high on a bluff overlooking and open to the public. Frank Lloyd democratic vision, intended to provide finest collections of modern and Lake Erie, with sweeping views of Wright designed the Zimmerman middle class Americans with beautiful contemporary art. This innovative Canada beyond. The realization House in 1950, planning its gardens, architecture at an affordable cost. The building, the youngest to be of Wright’s integration of nature its built-in and freestanding furniture, home, built from 1951-55, is notable designated a landmark, and architecture, Graycliff’s three its textiles, and even the mailbox. not only for its architectural integrity, is itself one of the greatest works buildings are set amidst 8.5 acres The house offers a glimpse into the but for retaining all of its original of the Guggenheim collection. In of historic landscape by Wright. 1950s-1960s, and the private lives of Wright-designed furnishings. 1943, Solomon R. Guggenheim Acclaimed for its transparency (with Isadore and Lucille Zimmerman, who commissioned Wright to design views through the house of the lake Benefits: Two free basic tours. lived in the home for 36 years. a unique building to house his itself), his design of Graycliff sparked Benefits: Free admission for the collection of avant-garde art. During a fundamentally new approach for member listed on the card. Free the subsequent years of planning Wright for the remainder of his admission to the Currier Museum of and design, Wright applied his vision long career. Experience how Wright Art on the day of your scheduled tour. of a fluid and to imbued Graycliff with what he called 10% discount in the Museum Shop for the museum. Ground was broken in “repose,” the simplicity and calm of the member listed on the card. August 1956, and construction was breathtaking architecture set amidst completed in 1959, six months after verdant acres of grounds on the brim Wright’s death. of the lake. Benefits: Free basic admission. 10% Benefits: One free basic tour. discount in the Museum Store, The Wright, and Café 3. NEW YORK (cont) OHIO OREGON 21 Darwin D. Martin House 22 Westcott House 23 24 Gordon House Complex 85 S GREENMOUNT AVE PRICE TOWER ARTS CENTER 869 WEST MAIN STREET 125 JEWETT PARKWAY SPRINGFIELD, OH 45505 510 DEWEY AVENUE (CASCADE HIGHWAY) BUFFALO, NY 14214 937.327.9291 BARTLESVILLE, OK 74003 P.O. BOX 1207 716.856.3858 WESTCOTTHOUSE.ORG 918.336.4949 SILVERTON, OR 97381 DARWINMARTINHOUSE.ORG FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION PRICETOWER.ORG 503.874.6006 FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION TOUR HOURS: FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION THEGORDONHOUSE.ORG TOUR HOURS: OPEN YEAR-ROUND. OPEN YEAR-ROUND. CLOSED MON AND GALLERY HOURS: FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION The multi-structure estate (1903-05) TUES. RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED. TUES–SAT, 10AM–5PM TOUR HOURS: SUN, 12–5PM 12PM, 1PM, AND 2PM that Frank Lloyd Wright designed Completed in 1908, the Westcott RESERVATIONS REQUIRED, for Darwin D. Martin is a masterpiece House is Frank Lloyd Wright’s only HISTORIC TOWER TOURS: TUES–THURS, 11AM AND 2PM; CALL 503.874.6006 of 20th-century architecture. Every Prairie style home in Ohio. The house FRI–SAT, 11AM–1PM, 2PM; SUN, 2PM. The only building in Oregon designed detail of his composition reveals has recently undergone a multi- RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED. by Frank Lloyd Wright and his only Wright’s genius in creating intricate million dollar restoration. Each of its The H.C. Price Company Tower, a house open to the public in the Pacific harmonies: buildings and furnishings features—from art glass to original 19-story National Historic Landmark Northwest, the Gordon House was in unity with one another and with hardware and hand-decorated walls completed in 1956, was Frank Lloyd designed by Wright in the Usonian the landscape designed to support to massive urns—has been returned Wright’s pioneering experiment tradition for Evelyn and Conrad them. Wright himself referred to the to its 1908 appearance. Furniture has in the multi-use : a tall, Gordon in 1957 and finally built in Martin House complex as “the opus” been rebuilt according to Wright’s slim, richly detailed structure whose 1964. Wright’s organic innovations and kept the site plan pinned over his specifications and gardens re- purpose was to combine business included an open floor plan, gravity drawing table for nearly 50 years. landscaped in keeping with the time. offices, retail and apartments. Today, floor heat, , cantilevered roofs Please visit our website for special Benefits: One free one-hour Martin Price Tower Arts Center continues to with broad overhangs and floor-to- tours and event updates. House tour. follow Wright’s original multi-use ceiling windows. The house was listed Benefits: Two free basic tours. 10% design intent by offering a variety on the National Register of Historic discount at Museum Store and online of opportunities for guests to learn Places in 2004 and is an Oregon state store. from and interact with one of the treasure situated in an ancient oak master’s greatest achievements. The grove next door to The Oregon Garden on-going mission of the Arts Center is in the heart of the Willamette Valley. to provide local, regional and global Benefits: Free guided tours by audiences with the experience of reservation. 10% discount on Gift great art, architecture and design. Corner purchases. Benefits: Free basic admission (does not include Tower Tour). 10% discount at the Wright Place museum store. PENNSYLVANIA WISCONSIN 25 26 Frank Lloyd Wright 27 SC Johnson 28 1491 MILL RUN RD, P.O. BOX R 1915-16 American System- Administration Building Community and Convention MILL RUN, PA 15464 Built Homes (ASBH) and Research Tower Center 724.329.8501 2700 WEST BURNHAM STREET 1525 HOWE STREET ONE JOHN NOLEN DRIVE FALLINGWATER.ORG , WI 53215 RACINE, WI 53403 MADISON, WI 53703 FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION 608.287.0339 262.260.2154 608.261.4000 TOUR HOURS: MID-MARCH THROUGH WRIGHTINWISCONSIN.ORG SCJOHNSON.COM/VISIT MONONATERRACE.COM NOVEMBER; DAILY 10AM–4PM. FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION CLOSED WED. PRIVATE TOURS ARE AVAILABLE FOR TOUR HOURS: TOURS CONDUCTED YEAR- TOUR HOURS: MAY 1–OCT 31, FIRST TWO WEEKENDS OF MARCH, INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS. LIMITED ROUND. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. 1PM DAILY; NOV 1–APR 30, 1PM, DECEMBER WEEKENDS, WEEK ASBH ITEMS FOR SALE. FRI–MON ONLY BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW SC Johnson’s global headquarters GIFT SHOP HOURS: MON–SAT, YEAR’S: 10AM–3PM. RESERVATIONS Discover Wright’s passion to design in Racine, Wisconsin, is home to 10AM–5PM; SUN, 11AM–3PM REQUIRED. beautiful but affordable housing for the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed every American. Non-site specific The story of Monona Terrace began in Fallingwater, one of Frank Lloyd Administration Building and Research homes, designed by Wright with 1938 when renowned architect Frank Wright’s most widely acclaimed Tower, which opened to the public Arthur L. Richards acting as contractor Lloyd Wright first proposed plans for works, was designed in 1935 for the for the first time ever in May 2014. and realtor, began in a factory in a “dream civic center” in downtown family of Pittsburgh department The Administration Building (1939) 1915-16. In 2004, Frank Lloyd Wright Madison. The project would become store owner Edgar J. Kaufmann. Now is celebrated as one of the top 25 Wisconsin purchased one of the six the most debated, time consuming, owned by the Western Pennsylvania buildings of the 20th century. The ASBH and meticulously restored controversial venture of his career, Conservancy, Fallingwater exemplifies Research Tower (1950) is one of the B1 to serve as a museum finally being completed nearly 40 Wright’s concept of organic the tallest structures ever built on house open to the public. The B1, a years after his death. architecture: the harmonious union the cantilever principle. In addition, compact house of 805 square feet, of art and nature. Fallingwater was The SC Johnson Gallery: At Home Monona Terrace bears Wright’s is a study in space-saving features named the “Best all-time work of with Frank Lloyd Wright showcases signature style with dramatic open and space illusions. In subsequent American architecture” in a poll of a rotating selection of Wright’s spaces, breathtaking views and years, the organization has purchased members of the American Institute designs and artifacts, and explores curvilinear design. Guided tours an additional bungalow and two of , and it was designated the legendary architect’s influence on showcase three on-site exhibits and duplexes. The first duplex is currently a “Place of a Lifetime” by National families and the American home. provide access to private spaces undergoing restoration and will be Geographic Traveler. Benefits: Tours are free. Members within the facility. completed during 2015. Docent-led receive a 10% discount on any Benefits: One free basic tour by tours include the B1 Bungalow and Benefits: Free basic admission for up merchandise purchase at The Lily Pad advance reservation only. 10% the Two Flat C Model Duplex. to four people. 15% discount on gift discount at Museum Store. gift shop. shop purchases. Benefits: One free basic tour. WISCONSIN (cont) 29 30 Taliesin E9982 FERN DELL ROAD 5607 HWY C REEDSBURG, WI 53940 SPRING GREEN, WI 53588 608.253.6392 608.588.7900 THE SETH PETERSON COTTAGE TOLL FREE: 877.588.7900 CONSERVANCY TALIESINPRESERVATION.ORG 400 VIKING DRIVE FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION REEDSBURG, WI 53959 TOUR HOURS: MAY–OCT, 9AM–6PM 877.466.2358 DAILY, WEEKENDS IN APRIL AND SETHPETERSON.ORG NOVEMBER. RESERVATIONS STRONGLY FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION RECOMMENDED. TOUR HOURS: SECOND SUNDAY OF AVAILABLE TOURS: HILLSIDE STUDIO EVERY MONTH, 1PM–4PM. LAST TOUR & THEATER TOUR, HIGHLIGHTS TOUR, STARTS AT 3:30PM. TALIESIN HOUSE TOUR, TALIESIN VACATION RENTALS: FOR COTTAGE ESTATE TOUR RENTALS PLEASE CONTACT: VISITOR CENTER & TALIESIN BOOKSTORE SAND COUNTY SERVICE COMPANY, HOURS: MAY–OCT, 9AM–6PM DAILY BOX 409 AND WEEKENDS IN APRIL AND NOV. LAKE DELTON, WI 53940 RIVERVIEW TERRACE CAFÉ: OPEN DAILY 608.254.6551 FOR COFFEE AND PASTRIES, LUNCH AND SANDCOUNTY.COM DINNER Built in 1959, the cottage’s native Frank Lloyd Wright’s residence from sandstone walls and flagstone 1911-1959, the 600-acre estate floor mirror the dramatic cliffs of includes Wright designs spanning the lake and surrounding terrain. more than 70 years: his home, A magnificent wall of windows Taliesin; Hillside Home School; the floods the interior with a profusion Romeo and Juliet Windmill; Midway of light filtered through towering Farm; Tan-y-deri; and the Frank Lloyd pines and hardwoods. A massive Wright Visitor Center. central fireplace, a Wright hallmark, anchors the living space. Oversize Benefits: Two free admissions to French doors open to the flagstone Hillside Studio and Theater Tour. terrace, blending interior and exterior spaces, culminating in a breathtaking view of Mirror Lake. The cottage is fully furnished with pieces Wright designed specifically for the home. Benefits: Free admission for two.