PRINTER'S NO. 4007
No. 588 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY ROBERTS, OCTOBER 3, 2000
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 3, 2000
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing Fallingwater as the Pennsylvania Historical and
2 Museum Commission's designated 2000 Commonwealth Treasure.
3 WHEREAS, Fallingwater, located in Mill Run, Fayette County,
4 has been recognized nationally and internationally as one of the
5 world's most important and admired residential buildings; and
6 WHEREAS, Fallingwater, designed by the pioneering and eminent
7 architect Frank Lloyd Wright, is considered by many
8 architectural scholars as an example of Wright's finest work of
9 integration of structure into the natural landscape; and
10 WHEREAS, Fallingwater, built in 1936, is a historic building
11 that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and
12 holds National Landmark status; and
13 WHEREAS, The contents and grounds of Fallingwater are open to
14 the public, and Fallingwater is a major tourist site in this
15 Commonwealth, attracting 130,000 visitors per year; and
16 WHEREAS, Fallingwater was originally the weekend home of the
17 Edgar J. Kaufman family; and
1 WHEREAS, Fallingwater was entrusted to the Western
2 Pennsylvania Conservancy in 1963 and presently serves as an
3 educational facility and world-class museum; therefore be it
4 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize
5 Fallingwater as the 2000 Commonwealth Treasure as designated by
6 the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and further
7 recognize Fallingwater as a truly outstanding historically
8 significant site worthy of this designation to people throughout
9 our Commonwealth and the world.
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