Experience a private tour, concert and dinner at Frank Lloyd Wright’s incomparable Auldbrass Plantation in Yemassee, South Carolina on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Nestled in the lowlands just outside of Beaufort, South Carolina is a hidden treasure, a plantation unique to the South. Auldbrass Plantation is an extraordinary example of historic preservation and is very rarely open to the public. The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy has received permission to make the property available for this special event.
Endangered Ravine Bluffs House to be Restored and Go Green
There is excellent news about the endangered Ross House in Glencoe. This house had been on the Conservancy’s informal watch list for some time and in September was placed on the Landmarks Illinois Watch List for 2009-2010. It was reported in November that there was a purchase offer from preservation-minded owners and now that is confirmed. The firm of Eifler and Associates of Chicago has been retained as restoration architect by the new owner of the house. Plans call for the “greening” of the Ross House in addition to its restoration. John Eifler is a past Board member of the Conservancy.
Though my friends expressed skepticism that Buffalo, New York, really was a worthy destination for the Conservancy’s 2009 conference, I knew better. And Buffalo delivered. Or rather, the myriad residents of that city who selflessly volunteered their time and effort delivered. Big time. The Buffalo conference will go down in memory as one of the finest in the 20-year history of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy. Find more pictures here.