Darwin D. Martin House
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Darwin D. Martin House Complex
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The Martin House
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| Location | 125 Jewett Parkway, Buffalo, NY |
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| Coordinates | 42°56′10.18″N 78°50′53.27″W / 42.9361611°N 78.8481306°WCoordinates: 42°56′10.18″N 78°50′53.27″W / 42.9361611°N 78.8481306°W |
| Built | 1903–1905 |
| Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Architectural style | Prairie School |
| NRHP Reference # | 86000160 |
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| Added to NRHP | February 24, 1986 |
| Designated NHL | February 24, 1986 |
The Darwin D. Martin House Complex, also known as the Darwin Martin House National Historic Landmark, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built between 1903 and 1905. Located at 125 Jewett Parkway in Buffalo, New York, it is considered to be one of the most important projects from Wright's Prairie School era, and ranks along with The Guggenheim in New York City and Fallingwater in Pennsylvania among his greatest works.
Wright scholar Robert McCarter said of it:
"It can be argued that the Martin House Complex ... is the most important house design of the first half of Wright's career, matched only by Fallingwater over 30 years later."
The Martin House Complex was the home of Darwin D. Martin, a businessman, his wife and family, his sister Delta and her husband George Barton.
Martin and his brother, William E. Martin, were co-owners of the E-Z Stove Polish Company based in Chicago. In 1902 William commissioned Wright to build him a home in Oak Park, the resultant William E. Martin House built in 1903. Upon viewing his brother's home Martin was significantly impressed to visit Wright's Studio, and persuaded Wright to view his property in Buffalo, where he planned to build two houses.
Martin was instrumental in selecting Wright as the architect for the Larkin Administration Building, in downtown Buffalo, Wright's first major commercial project, in 1904. Martin was the secretary of the Larkin Soap Company and consequently Wright designed houses for other Larkin employees William R. Heath and Walter V. Davidson. Wright also designed the E-Z Stove Polish Company's Factory built in 1905.
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