Just an hour south of Ellicottville tucked into the hillside along Route 6 lies a surprising work of architecture that history almost forgot - that is, until June of 2013 when Gary and Sue DeVore began researching and restoring the building that paved the way for Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece, Fallingwater. The expansive flat-roofed building with its impressive stonework lies just outside of Port Allegany, PA and is known as Lynn Hall. Built in the 1930s by Walter J. Hall, Lynn Hall is a striking example of the Prairie School of design that characterized much of early 20^th century architecture, especially in the Midwest. That Wright’s Fallingwater, the most famous example of prairie design, has its roots in Port Allegany is much more than an interesting coincidence; it is evidence that no single family had quite as much influence on northwestern Pennsylvania architecture as the Hall family.