PRINTER'S NO. 2387
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
452
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY MILLARD, LONGIETTI, DOWLING, FRANKEL, SONNEY,
BURNS, ULLMAN, HOHENSTEIN, DONATUCCI, JAMES, ZABEL, BIZZARRO,
RYAN, HICKERNELL, PICKETT, MURT, KORTZ, WILLIAMS, DiGIROLAMO,
MERSKI, HILL-EVANS, MACKENZIE, NEILSON, MOUL, CALTAGIRONE,
KAUFER, PYLE, IRVIN, CONKLIN, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DeLUCA,
SAYLOR, GAYDOS AND SCHWEYER, SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Congratulating Fallingwater, the Western Pennsylvania
Conservancy and the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy
on Fallingwater being named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
WHEREAS, On July 7, 2019, the World Heritage Committee
officially inscribed "The 20th Century Architecture of Frank
Lloyd Wright," which includes Fallingwater and seven other major
architectural works of Frank Lloyd Wright, on the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World
Heritage List; and
WHEREAS, Fallingwater, located in Mill Run, joins
Independence Hall in Philadelphia as Pennsylvania's second World
Heritage Site; and
WHEREAS, Fallingwater was designed in 1935 by acclaimed
American architect Frank Lloyd Wright as a weekend retreat for
the Kaufmann Family; and
WHEREAS, The house is now owned by the Western Pennsylvania
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