Kaufmann desert house
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Their department store is shuttered and silent, but the Kaufmanns’ contributions are still visible when the Pittsburgh CLO performs, in public buildings such as Hill House Association and at the Jewish Community Centers in Squirrel Hill and Scott. Best known is the architectural jewel called Fallingwater in Fayette County.
Besides E.J.’s key role in founding the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and Liliane’s leadership of Montefiore Hospital, another branch of the family invested heavily in promoting the health, education and welfare of Pittsburgh’s residents.
Of the four department store founders, Henry Kaufmann was the youngest and lived the longest; he died at age 94 in 1955. He is best remembered for giving away much of his $10 million fortune in Pittsburgh and New York. In today’s dollars, the fortune he acquired by selling his share in the department store would total more than $240 million.
His brothers — Jacob, Isaac and Morris — generously supported Jewish charities and the wider community. But Pittsburgh newspaper pages are filled
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Fallingwater
House in Stewart Township, Pennsylvania
For other uses, see Fallingwater (disambiguation).
| Fallingwater | |
|---|---|
Interactive map showing Fallingwater's location | |
| Location | Stewart Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Nearest city | Uniontown |
| Coordinates | 39°54′22″N79°28′05″W / 39.90611°N 79.46806°W / 39.90611; -79.46806 |
| Built | 1936–1937 (main house), 1939 (guest house) |
| Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Architectural style(s) | Modern, organic architecture |
| Visitors | about 160,000 (in the 2010s) |
| Governing body | Western Pennsylvania Conservancy |
| Criteria | Cultural: (ii) |
| Designated | 2019(43rd session) |
| Part of | The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Reference no. | 1496-005 |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Designated | July 23, 1974[1] |
| Reference no. | 74001781[1] |
| Designated | May 23, 1966[2] |
| Designated | May 15, 1994[3] |
Fallingwater is a house museum in Stewart Township in the Laurel Highlands of southwes
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Edgar J. Kaufmann
American businessman (1885–1955)
Edgar Jonas Kaufmann (November 1, 1885 – April 15, 1955)[1] was an American businessman and philanthropist who owned and directed Kaufmann's Department Store, in Pittsburgh. He is also known for commissioning two modern architectural masterpieces, Fallingwater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, designed by Richard Neutra.
Early life
Edgar Kaufmann was born to a Jewish family on November 1, 1885, the eldest son of Morris Kaufmann, who was born in Viernheim, Germany. His uncles, Jacob and Isaac Kaufmann, founded Kaufmann's department store in 1871.[2][3][4]
Kaufmann graduated from Shady Side Academy, a boarding school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.[5]
Commissions
In Pittsburgh, Edgar Kaufmann generously financed the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera Company, and donated US$1.5 million for the erection of the Civic Arena.[citation needed] Improving the infr
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