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Interior Secretary Praises New World Heritage Site Recognition
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through The National Park Service's website.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt praises the decision by the World Heritage Committee to inscribe a group of eight buildings designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright as a World Heritage Site during its 43rd session in Baku, Azerbaijan this past weekend.
These works by Frank Lloyd Wright are highly valued, unique American contributions to the world’s heritage, and the recognition is deserved," said U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt. The new World Heritage Site, entitled "The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright," consists of: Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona (1938), Hollyhock House in Los Angeles, California (1919), Frederick C. Robie House in Chicago, Illinois (1909), Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois (1905), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City (1943), Fallingwater in Mill Run in Mill Run, Pennsylvania (1935/1938), Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House in Madison, Wisconsin (1936), and Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin (1911). The Department of the Interior undertook the nomination with the full cooperation and active support of the property owners of the eight buildings, each of which has been identified as a National Historic Landmark, a designation made by the Secretary of the Interior.
Learn more abut the 24 World Heritage Sites in the United States here.