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A Piece of Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Buffalo Venture” Completes a $2 Million Restoration Restoration

A Piece of Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Buffalo Venture” Completes a $2 Million Restoration

This article originally appeared in National Trust for Historic Preservation on October 18, 2018. Frank Lloyd Wright was issued a test, of sorts, when a businessman named Darwin D. Martin approached him in 1902. Martin, an executive at the Larkin Soap Company in Buffalo, New York, was looking for an…
Martin House
October 18, 2018
Barton House Living Room
The Barton House Has Reopened! News

The Barton House Has Reopened!

The Barton House (1903) is a significant project in Frank Lloyd Wright’s body of work. It was the first dwelling built on the Martins’ multi-residential estate located in the historic Frederick Law Olmsted-designed Parkside neighborhood of Buffalo, New York. Earning the commission for the George and Delta Barton House opened…
Martin House
September 20, 2018
Landscaping Restoration Event
Landscape Restoration Press Event Landscape

Landscape Restoration Press Event

Pictured left to right: Mark Bayer of Bayer Landscape Architecture, Council Member Joel Feroleto, Mayor Byron Brown, New York Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, Martin House Board President Keith Stolzenburg, Martin House Executive Director Mary Roberts, Jamie Robideau of HHL Architects, and NYS Parks Director Mark Mistretta. On May 30, 2018,…
Martin House
May 30, 2018
Seven Art Glass Windows Return Home Restoration

Seven Art Glass Windows Return Home

A Canadian-American Museum Partnership in Celebration of the 150th Anniversaries of Canadian Confederation and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Birth The University of Victoria (UVic) and the Martin House Restoration Corporation (Martin House) announce the historic transfer of seven original art glass panels from the University’s Legacy Art Galleries back to their original…
Martin House
July 13, 2017
The Wisteria Mosaic Fireplace
The Wisteria Mosaic Fireplace Restoration

The Wisteria Mosaic Fireplace

Our restoration process began its final stage when we unveiled the Wisteria Mosaic Fireplace. The beautifully hand-crafted, four-sided, historically-accurate replica of the Martin’s original fireplace acts as our house’s centerpiece, representing more than craftsmanship alone. It’s a symbol of the Martin’s themselves: strong-willed yet graceful, elegant yet modest. The fireplace,…
Martin House
June 29, 2017
Martin Family Piano
First Floor is Finished Restoration

First Floor is Finished

The Martin House opened its doors to the public for docent-guided tours even before the formation of the Martin House Restoration Corporation in 1992. Visitors today may be touring the complex for their first, third, or even sixth time and have never experienced the multi-residential estate in the same condition…
Martin House
November 17, 2016
Lego Sets
Lego Architecture Studio Kits News

Lego Architecture Studio Kits

Thanks to the generosity of the Center for the Study of Art, Architecture, History and Nature (C-SAAHN) fund at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, the Martin House is pleased to have three LEGO Architecture Studio kits that teachers can check out for FREE. If you are interested in using one…
Martin House
August 22, 2016