William R. Heath House
| William R. Heath House | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Brick |
| Architectural style | Prairie School |
| Location | 76 Soldiers Place, Buffalo, NY |
| Coordinates | 42°55′33″N 78°52′31″W / 42.925837°N 78.875286°WCoordinates: 42°55′33″N 78°52′31″W / 42.925837°N 78.875286°W |
| Construction started | 1904 - 1905 |
| Governing body | Private |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
The William R. Heath House was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, built in 1904–05, and is located at 76 Soldiers Place in Buffalo, New York. It is built in the Prairie School architectural style. It is a contributing property in the Elmwood Historic District–East historic district.
William Heath was a lawyer who served as office manager, and eventually vice-president, of the Larkin Company in Buffalo. Heath's wife Mary was a sister of Elbert Hubbard, a former Larkin executive. Another Hubbard sister was married to company president John D. Larkin. Hubbard had retired in 1893 and established the Roycroft Movement, an arts and crafts community in nearby East Aurora.
Heath was introduced to Wright by fellow Larkin Company executive Darwin D. Martin, though Heath was from Chicago and coincidentally had a brother-in-law from Oak Park on the building crew of Wright's J.J. Walser House. Wright had arrived in Buffalo in 1903 to build a house for Martin, and Martin was instrumental in selecting Wright as the architect for the Larkin Administration Building in downtown Buffalo, Wright's first major commercial project. Consequently, Wright was commissioned by Heath to build a house, and in turn by another Larkin employee Walter V. Davidson.
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