414 Frank Lloyd Wright Tour

We'll be leaving to do a short bus tour of some Frank Lloyd Wright sites and some other places along the way of interest to architects. Here's the plan, but it sounds a bit fluid.

Thursday

8 a.m.-- leave Columbus, drive by the Penfield House in Willoughby, OH, drive to N. Madison OH to the Staley Residence for a tour and lunch with owner

Late afternoon-- arrive in Buffalo--stay at Holiday Inn

Walking tour of historic Allentown district

Friday

9-11:30 -- Tour Butler Mansion and the Wilcox Mansion, site of the T. Roosevelt inauguration

noon--lunch at Ulrich's Tavern

1-2:30-- tour Frank Lloyd Wright designed Mausoleum, Gas Station and Boat House

2:45-5:15-- Drive to East Aurora to visit Roycroft complex and Vidler's 5 & 10 store

6 pm-- dinner at the Old Orchard Inn

7:30-- Twilight tour of "Graycliff" the Darwin Martin summer home on Lake Erie

Saturday

9-noon-- hard hat tour of the Martin-Barton complex

noon-- leave for Canada, lunch along the Niagara River

afternoon-- Niagara on the Lake--walking tour, shopping, boating

Evening-- Dinner at Betty's in Chippewa, ON, CA. Stop at Table Rock to view the lights on the Falls

Sunday
mid-morning-- breakfast/brunch at the Towne Restaurant before leaving Buffalo--possibly drive by the Rubin, Feiman and Dobkins Residences in Canton and/or the Weltzheimer Residence in Oberlin, OH

Early evening-- Arrive back in Columbus.