The sudden turn of events was welcome news to the Rupp family, who owned Birdwing and its surrounding estate, Birdsong, for more than four decades. The cost of the preservation will be hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to Papinchak, but it’s an investment in the park’s mission of preserving Frank Lloyd Wright’s work. Birdwing will be dismantled, packed into shipping containers and reassembled at the park where eventually it will be open for touring and overnight lodging. The builder agreed to donate the house to the nonprofit organization that oversees the park, and a crew is currently engaged in “architectural surgery,” Papinchak said. It’s a mesmerizing structure, with so many traits of Frank Lloyd Wright - the large prows, angles and overall plan.” Within days Papinchak had struck a deal to save Birdwing from the wrecking ball.
“I scrambled,” Papinchak said, and was “impressed. Thomas Papinchak, CEO of Polymath Park, a Wright preservation destination in Acme, Pa., said he contacted the builder, Zehnder Homes, and arranged an immediate visit to see the house, Birdwing. The city had already approved the demolition when a preservationist learned of the house and its pending fate.
The house, which was designed in the 1960s by Frank Lloyd Wright Jr., an architect and son of renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, sits on 12 prime acres of land that are being developed into 13 luxury home sites. In a last-minute rescue, a Pennsylvania-based preservation group has swooped in to save a distinctive modern house in Minnetonka from teardown.
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