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Finding Aid for the Larkin Company
Plans,
1904,
1912
MS 22.9
State University of New York at
Buffalo. University Archives
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Title: Larkin Company Plans
1904
1912
Extent: 1 reel
microfilm,Photocopies from
microfilm in map case
Repository:
State University of New York at Buffalo. University
Archives
Abstract: Architectural plans for
the Larkin Company's administration building which was designed by Frank Lloyd
Wright.
Preferred Citation
[Description and dates], Item number, MS 22.9, Larkin Company Plans,
1904, 1912, University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo.
See the Special Collections'
preferred citations instructions for
additional information.
Acquisition Information
This microfilm was made from original plans owned by the Larkin
family which were loaned to the University for microfilming in 1971.
Terms of Access
Larkin Company Plans, 1904, 1912 are open for research.
Copyright
Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors,
or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written
permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before
publishing quotations or reproductions from materials in the collection. Most
papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless
otherwise specified.
Processing Information
Microfilmed by University Archives staff, 1971. Photocopies were made from the microfilm.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
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1865 |
Darwin D. Martin born - Boucville, Madison Co., New
York
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1867 |
Frank Lloyd Wright born - Richland Center, Wisconsin |
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1869 |
Isabelle Reidpath, the future Mrs. Martin, born - Buffalo, New
York
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1878 |
Brothers Darwin D. Martin and Louis Frank Martin selling soap
for Larkin Company in New York City
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1879 |
Darwin D. Martin, aged thirteen, begins work at Larkin Company
in Buffalo
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1885 |
Darwin D. Martin invents cardex |
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1887 |
Frank Lloyd Wright begins studies at the University of
Wisconsin
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1888 |
Darwin D. Martin begins building house on Summit Avenue in
Buffalo
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1889 |
Darwin D. Martin marries Isabelle Reidpath |
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Frank Lloyd Wright builds Home and Studio in Oak
Park
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1890 |
Frank Lloyd Wright joins Alder and Sullivan |
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Darwin D. Martin replaces Elbert Hubbard as Secretary of
Larkin Soap Company
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1893 |
Frank Lloyd Wright starts his own practice |
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1902 |
October 29 -- Darwin D. Martin meets Frank Lloyd
Wright
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Darwin D. Martin purchases site for Martin House Complex,
Jewett Parkway
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1903 |
October 11 - Construction begins on Barton House |
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1904 |
July 20 - Construction begins on Martin House |
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October - Barton House occupied |
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1905 |
Martin House Complex completed |
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1910 |
Frank Lloyd Wright designs Bar Beach Cottage (Bay Beach,
Ontario, Canada) for Darwin D. Martin (unexecuted)
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1923 |
Darwin D. Martin commissions Frank Lloyd Wright to design a
home for James and Dorothy Martin Foster, daughter of Darwin D. Martin
(unexecuted)
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1925 |
Martin retires from the Larkin Company |
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1926 |
Construction begins on Graycliff |
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1928 |
June 20 - Graycliff occupied |
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Frank Lloyd Wright designs the Blue Sky Mausoleum for Darwin
D. Martin's ploy in Buffalo's Forest Lawn Cemetery (unexecuted)
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1935 |
Darwin D. Martin dies in Buffalo |
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1936 |
Fallingwater (Bear Run, Pennsylvania), designed by Frank Lloyd
Wright for the Kaufmanns
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1945 |
Isabelle R. Martin dies in Buffalo |
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1959 |
Frank Lloyd Wright dies |
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1926 |
April 5 - Darwin D. Martin writes to Frank Lloyd Wright
requesting 1910 Bay Beach Cottage design; Darwin D. Martin is considering
building on shores of Lake Erie
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April 18 - Darwin D. Martin looks at site in Derby, New
York
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April 19 - Darwin D. Martin purchases 250-foot front on Lake
Erie, with 60-foot cliff
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April 21 - Darwin D. Martin informs Frank Lloyd Wright that
he's not interested in 1910 cottage design, but a two-story stone house
designed by Frank E. Newman for E.W. Russell of Greenwich, Connecticut
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May 3 - Frank Lloyd Wright sends Darwin D. Martin
preliminary drawings
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May 5 - Darwin D. Martin informs Frank Lloyd Wright that
Isabelle R. Martin is Frank Lloyd Wright's client
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August 19-20 - Frank Lloyd Wright in Buffalo to see
site
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August 27 - Isabelle R. Martin sees the site for first
time
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September - Construction on garage begun. |
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September - Due to marital problems, Frank Lloyd Wright asks
his son John Lloyd Wright to take over the project; the Martins did not approve
the change
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November - Frank Lloyd Wright resumes his service to the
Martins; construction continues on the site
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1927 |
April 5-6 - Frank Lloyd Wright visits site |
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June 4 - Darwin D. Martin writes to Frank Lloyd Wright of
the completion of the foundation of the main house
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June 15-16 - Frank Lloyd Wright visits site |
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August 31-September 2 - Chimney and masonry of main house
completed
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September - Frank Lloyd Wright finalizes designs for
landscape, tennis court, circle, and guest house; the guest house was not
executed
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September - Furniture designs by Frank Lloyd Wright are
executed
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1928 |
March 10, 12 - Furniture bought for main house |
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June 20 - Martins "open" house |
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September 20 - Paul A. Harsh, a house guest at Graycliff,
suggests the name "Graycliff"
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1929 |
April - Isabelle R. martin asks Frank Lloyd Wright to design
a screened walk to cross the esplanade behind the stone bench for
servants
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June 15 - Frank Lloyd Wright visits site |
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July - Martins request Frank Lloyd Wright to design a
"concrete tent house" for the Foster family (unexecuted)
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July - Martins request Frank Lloyd Wright to design a
third-floor to main house (unexecuted)
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July 29 - Construction on evergreen garden, stone seat
begun; Frank Lloyd Wright selects and ships furnishings for the main house from
Marshall Fields in Chicago; Frank Lloyd Wright suggests wicker and overstuffed
chairs fo the main house
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1935 |
Darwin D. Martin passes away |
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Isabelle R. Martin continues to summer at the site, and
winters with the Foster family
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1938 |
November - Engineering report on site compiled by G.E.
Seitzmiller for insurance purposes
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1941 |
Isabelle R. Martin continues to summer at the site, but moves
into garage apartment
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1942 |
Isabelle R. martin spends her last summer at the site; she
moves permanently to Buffalo to live with the Foster family
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1945 |
IRM passes away |
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Stewardship of the site falls to a holding company belonging
to Darwin R. Martin, son of Darwin D. Martin
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1950 |
Piarist Fathers, a Hungarian order, purchases site from Darwin
R. Martin
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Mid-1950s |
Chapel addition constructed over south terrace of main
house
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Garage addition and a storage building constructed |
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Circa 1956 |
School building/dormitory constructed to house Hungarian
refugees
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1958 |
August - Frank Lloyd Wright visits the site |
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1996 |
Piarist Father's place property for sale |
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Graycliff Conservancy is formed to acquire and restore the
site
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1997 |
October - Graycliff Conservancy signs a contract to purchase
the site
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Architectural plans from 1904 and 1912 for the Larkin Company's
administration building which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Photocopies are in the map case. Please ask Archivist
for access.
Collection is arranged in two series:
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I. Plans -
1904 |
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Scopecontent note: Contains seven sheets of plans for the office
building from the basement through the sixth floor and roof.
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Contents |
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Basement (revised)
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First Floor (revised
April 1,
1904)
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Second Floor (revised
April 1, 1904)
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Third Floor (revised
April 1, 1904)
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Fourth Floor (revised
April 1, 1904)
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Fifth Floor (revised
April 1, 1904)
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Sixth Floor and Roof (revised
April 1, 1904)
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II. Plans -
1912
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Scopecontent note: Contains eight sheets of plans labelled
"Building A" probably prepared at the Larkin Company in 1912, showing the
telephone cables, heating and ventilation system as well as floor plans and
sections.
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Contents |
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Building "A" - longitudinal section
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Building "A" - sections through stairway
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Building "A" - heating and ventilation
May 23, 1912
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Building "A" - elevation/plan/sections
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Building "A" - heating and ventilation, detail of
construction
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Building "A" - heating and ventilation
system
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[Untitled floor plans (4)]
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[Untitled plan showing toilets and locker
rooms]
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog.
State University of New
York at Buffalo. University Archives
Buffalo
(N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Larkin
Co.
Larkin Building (Buffalo,
N.Y.)
Office buildings--New York
(State)
Wright,
Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959--Archives
Blueprints (reprographic
copies)
Related Resources in the University ArchivesRelated Darwin D. Martin-Frank Lloyd Wright Collections
MS
22.0 , Architectural Drawings of the Darwin D. Martin House and
Graycliff, 1904-1988
MS
22.1 , Frank Lloyd Wright Correspondence with Michael Meredith Hare,
1933, 1940
MS
22.2 , Darwin D. Martin-Frank Lloyd Wright Collection, Reference
Files, 1904-2010
MS
22.3 , Graycliff Construction Photographs, circa 1926-1938
MS
22.4 , Blueprints of the W.W. Davies Residence, Louisville, Kentucky,
Undated
MS
22.5 , Darwin D. Martin Photographs, circa 1860s-1970s
MS
22.6 , Darwin D. Martin Family Papers, 1878-1935
MS
22.7 , Darwin D. Martin Correspondence with O.S. Lang,
1904-1921
MS
22.8 , Frank Lloyd Wright-Darwin D. Martin Papers, circa
1888-1979
MS
22.91 , Darwin D. Martin Digitization Project, 2006-2008
MS
22.92 , Darwin D. Martin Digital Images, circa 1860s-1970s
MS
22.93 Darwin D. Martin-Frank Lloyd Wright Collection, Oral Histories,
1971-1980
MS
22.10 Historic American Building Survey Drawings, Frank Lloyd Wright's
Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, New York, 1986-1987
MS
68 , Graycliff Conservancy, Inc. Collection
3/1/445 ,
Friends of the Darwin D. Martin House, Records,1966-1982
