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The Welcome Center was originally to be a restaurant, I think.
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Taliesin Visitor Center. FLW designed it as a restaurant, which it still is.
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Our tour bus outside the visitor center
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Dormitory at Taliesin school of architecture.
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Our guide Kait and the four others on the tour. It was good to be in a small group! This is the school of architecture that is part of the compound. Originally it was built as Hillside Home School for children who were taught by FLW's two maiden aunts.
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Back of the dormitory building
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First view of the theatre building
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There's a wonderful theatre behind those windows. We weren't allowed to take photos inside.
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The Romeo and Juliet windmill he built for his uncles, who ran the farm. They said it would never last, but it did.
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Architecture meets tree.
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Lobby of the theatre building
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Cornerstone of the original school.
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First view of the house
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Yes, FLW invented the carport.
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The main house where he and his third wife lived.
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A treat for a small group, just "chillin'" on FLW's patio. And yes, we had to wear booties walking through the living room, to save the carpets!
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View from the patio outside the living room. We weren't allowed to take photographs inside.