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Elderhostel Hillside Home School the Estate Wright's Home Unity Chapel

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Frank Lloyd Wright
An Autobiography in Wood and Stone,
Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin

July 25, 2007

 

 

Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center

 

Our Host
Taliesin

 

we met in the Visitor Center Cafe

 

which overlooked the Wisconsin river

 

were greeted by Craig Jacobsen

 

and Keiran Murphy

 

were transported by bus

 

 

were introduced to Wright building concepts

 

toured the Hillside Home School

More Photos of the Hillside Home School

 

and saw other buildings on the estate like this house called Tan-y-Deri

 

and Romeo and Juliet water tower

More Photos of Buildings on the Estate

 

entered the Hillside Theater

 

lecture by Floyd Hamblin, Senior Taliesin Fellowship member
in the Hillside Theater

 

with all questions answered by Craig

 

lunch at the Visitor Center Cafe

 

with Craig still answering questions at lunch

 

tour of Taliesin

More Photos of Wright's Home

 

during the tour of the interior of the home
 were introduced to the house cat, "Sherpe"

 

discussion with Craig on Wright's bedroom terrace

 

view of Wright's bedroom and studio
as seen from the bedroom terrace

 

at the end of the tour returned to the Visitors Center

 

and on the way home a visit to
 Frank Lloyd Wright's grave site
(his body was later removed, cremated, ashes mixed with those of his wife,
 and now at Taliesin West in Arizona)

 

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