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Polymath Park

Polymath Park

Historical landmark in Westmoreland County, PennsylvaniaWikipedia

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Sep 22, 2026

Debbie StoneGUEST
3:50
Because yes, it's a tour, but you're still walking through and you don't have all the time in the world to take notice of all these interior details, the small ones.
Debbie StoneGUEST
4:01
And also to see what it is like to actually, quote unquote, live in this house, even though it was just one night, but what does it feel like? And is it comfortable? Is it convenient for somebody who's staying there? Are his designs livable? What is it that sticks out? For me, it was this whole blurring of the nature and the indoors and outdoors kind of blur, which he really focused on in terms of putting a lot of windows in and making nature you know come inside and i found that to be truly wonderful i i love when when i can see outside and and i can watch the time of day as it changes i love sitting there at night in the evening and watching i loved waking up in the morning and seeing a deer go across the yard i you know just having that that whole nature element to me was was truly wonderful and that's really something that that he is known for that's a definite characteristic But one of the places that you really can see several of his homes and actually stay in one or two of them is Polymath Park.
Debbie StoneGUEST
5:09
I had no idea this existed before I was researching the Laurel Highlands.
Debbie StoneGUEST
5:13
And by the way, before I said it was near Pittsburgh, which is true.
Debbie StoneGUEST
6:28
So that was an interesting background thing.
Debbie StoneGUEST
6:31
And then they took on a couple other projects and they did the Duncan House, which was a Wright house.
Debbie StoneGUEST
6:39
And this one I found fascinating because it was taken apart piece by piece, moved from Illinois to Polymath Park and reconstructed Piece by piece by piece.
Debbie StoneGUEST
6:49
And the other one, Montilla, was another Wright-designed home, which was built in Minnesota, that also piece by piece by piece in the same painstaking manner.
PukeHOST
54:22
Cliffoody.
GabriellaGUEST
54:24
Okay, Polymath Park.
GabriellaGUEST
54:26
Who in the world has ever heard of such a place? I never in my life heard about it until like a year ago.
AndrewHOST
54:32
We should discuss it after the break because I am interested.
PukeHOST
56:03
So these were probably pretentious people who were like, I got Frank Lloyd Wright to make me a house, and we're so smart and awesome.
PukeHOST
56:10
Only one of them.
PukeHOST
56:11
And we live in Polymath Park.
PukeHOST
56:11
One

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