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life; Frank Palmer died in 2000.
Schox sent an offer and their vision for the home’s future, a place
where visitors could explore its
beauty in peace. The offer was accepted without a counter.
“That was the first of our ‘holy
shit’ moments,” Gary Cox said.
“We had just acquired a true
American icon.”
Jeffrey didn’t move back to Michigan; instead, Gary and Sue act as
caretakers. The home is occupied
about half the time, with Cox staying there when he comes into town.
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Groups can rent it out for meetings.
And the home has become part of
the family’s traditions; they gather
there each Christmas.
When the family first started
renting it out in 2009, they were
worried about letting strangers
loose in a house with historical
significance and original furniture pieces. But they’d be happy
to have nearly all of their Wrightloving visitors return.
“We want you to live in it,”
Gary Cox said. “It’s a home, not a
museum. Once we explain the significant to them, they get it.”
We think Wright
would approve.
HUFFINGTON
12.22.13
“You listen to
Fallingwater
the way you
listen to the
quiet of the
country.”
— Frank Lloyd
Wright, on
the house he
designed in
Pennsylvania