May
25, 2021
The
last of Mr. Wright’s houses in this area is Kentuck Knob, designed for the
Hagan family after they purchased 79 acres in the mountains above Uniontown in
PA. Not far from where their friends lived in “Falling Waters”. When their
friend heard they wanted to commission Mr. Wright to design their house, he
advised them to set their budget, then tell Mr. Wright that their budget was
half of that, because he would go over, no doubt. When Mrs Hagan told Mr.
Wright that she wanted a linen closet in the bedroom, rather than compromise
his design, he simply added it to the available space, near the doorway into
the hall, making the doorway half the size it would have been. According to our
guide, it was difficult to get a contractor to build the house, once they found
out it was designed by Mr. Wright. Once they found a contractor, they had to
pay for a translator to be on site daily so that Mr. Wright could communicate
with them when he visited the site, which was reported to be ‘often’.
The
interior is typical of Mr. Wright’s design, the front windows are high and
narrow, with wood inlayed over them for privacy. The back of the house is floor
to ceiling glass over looking a forested area.
Kentuck
Knob tours start and end at a visitor’s center where they sell all things Frank
Lloyd Wright. Outside are interesting bird houses, on high poles like Martin
Houses. Didn’t see any activity in them.
After
leaving Kentuck Knob, we stopped at Ohiopyle Falls, located in the little burb
of Ohiopyle, which is there simply because of the falls and the rafting
businesses that have popped up there.
The falls are not tall, but there is the roar of fast moving water as it
travels over the rocks and down the 6-8’ of the falls.
We drove through Ohiopyle on our way in on Saturday to Jellystone. There were hundreds of people wandering around this little place then. It was pretty quiet when we stopped on Tuesday afternoon.
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