The decision was made to up and move the house. "The Conservancy worked with the McKinneys to market the house to potential buyers who would keep the house on its original site, which had become encroached by burgeoning retail development along a brightly lit and noisy commercial strip," the Conservancy said in a statement.Īfter no suitable buyers were found for the house, the owners decided to donate it to the Usonian Preservation, an organization that’s affiliated with Polymath Park in Acme, Pennsylvania, which already housed multiple Wright-designed properties. Mäntylä at Polymath Park! Opens Saturday for tours and overnight stays! So excited! #dwell #archdaily #preservation #FrankLloydWright #Pennsylvania #fallingwater #nature #blessed /mmccvvnkkZ The building, constructed of concrete block with a roof clad in red Ludowici tiles, was originally set in a secluded wooded area, which had changed over time with commercial properties popping up around the site. The home stayed in the family all the way until a few years ago, when Lindholm’s grandson, Peter McKinney, and his wife Julene began working with the Chicago-based Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy.
The 2,300-square-foot house-better known as Mäntylä, which is Finnish for “among the pines”-was originally designed by Wright for businessman Ray Lindholm and his wife Emmy. The 1950s Usonian-style home was moved from its original Cloquet, Minnesota, home in 2016.
Workers have recently concluded the reconstruction of Frank Lloyd Wright’s RW Lindholm House in Acme, Pennsylvania-about 1,000 miles from where it was originally built.
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