THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY MAHONEY, KULA, BRENNAN, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE, DiGIROLAMO, FRANKEL, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, HARHAI, HENNESSEY, HORNAMAN, KORTZ, KOTIK, LONGIETTI, MAHER, MAJOR, MANN, MARSHALL, MILLARD, MIRABITO, MUSTIO, M. O'BRIEN, PASHINSKI, READSHAW, ROCK, ROEBUCK, SAINATO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, SWANGER, WAGNER, REED, WHITE, FLECK, TALLMAN, GEIST, VULAKOVICH, GIBBONS, VEREB, YOUNGBLOOD, GRELL, GROVE AND HESS, OCTOBER 31, 2011

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, OCTOBER 31, 2011  

A RESOLUTION

Honoring the 75th anniversary of Fallingwater.

WHEREAS, Fallingwater was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for

the Kaufmann Family; and

WHEREAS, Fallingwater was created as a mountain retreat for

the Edgar J. Kaufmann family of Pittsburgh, owners of Kaufmann's

Department Store; and

WHEREAS, Frank Lloyd Wright designed Fallingwater in 1935;

and

WHEREAS, Frank Lloyd Wright is America's most famous

architect; and

WHEREAS, Fallingwater was featured on the cover of Time 

magazine in January 1938; and

WHEREAS, The Kaufmann family owned and used the home until

1963 when it was entrusted to the Western Pennsylvania

Conservancy; and

WHEREAS, The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has preserved

Fallingwater since 1963, with a major structural repair in 2002

strengthening Fallingwater's cantilevers to prevent collapse and

future deflection; and

WHEREAS, Fallingwater is the only major Wright-designed house

open to the public with its furnishings, artwork and setting

intact; and

WHEREAS, Four million people have visited Fallingwater since

1964 and, 160,477 people visited Fallingwater in 2010 alone; and

WHEREAS, Fallingwater is a Commonwealth Treasure and National

Historic Landmark and is being proposed by the United States as

a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organization World Heritage Site; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor

Fallingwater on its 75th anniversary.