Polymath Park Resort offers three unique lodging opportunities for guests to experience firsthand the magnificence of Wright’s architecture and a lifestyle integrated with nature.
The Duncan House is a 1957 Usonian designed by Frank Lloyd Wright which was saved by the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, moved and then rebuilt here at Polymath Park Resort.
The Balter House is a 1964 custom 4-bedroom vacation home designed by Wright’s apprentice, Peter Berndtson that offers the ultimate mountain woodlands getaway. Privately nestled in the woods, this stone and redwood marvel is flooded with natural light and perfectly perched among the trees.
FREE FALLINGWATER TOURS
FOR A LIMITED TIME: Reserve a two-night stay in the Balter House and receive complimentary Fallingwater Tickets for up to 4 guests. Applies to new reservations received and scheduled between June 26, 2009 & Dec. 1, 2009.
The Blum House, designed by Wright apprentice Peter Berndtson, opened in April 2008. Truly one with its natural surroundings, glass walls and plenty of windows provide a wonderful long view of the 20-acre meadow, reflecting pond and the majestic Laurel Highlands. This stone and glass home will offer lodging by the room with nightly rentals. For guests seeking a more affordable one-night stay, the Blum House is an exceptional lodging experience.
Each house sleep up to six guests.
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Polymath Park is an architectural masterpiece by Peter Berndtson (1909-1972), one of the original Frank Lloyd Wright apprentices. It is nestled in the heart of the beautiful Laurel Highlands of Southwestern Pennsylvania, surrounded by private forest. The property is less than an hour drive from Pittsburgh.
Berndtson’s original 1962 master plan for the 125-acre property, which he named Treetops & Mountain Circles, called for building a total of 24 houses each set within a 300-foot circular clearing within the woods. The network of roads and circular clearings would have looked like a bunch of grapes from the air. Interstitial land between the houses was supposed to be used for community facilities such as tennis courts, baseball diamonds, swimming ponds, and orchards.
Only three houses, however, were ever built. The Balter House was built in 1964 and the Blum House in 1965. The rest of the land was left in its natural state, allowing the property to retain its exceptional beauty. Both houses are mentioned in the book Organic Vision by Aaron Sheon and Donald Miller (Hexagon Press, 1980).
