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The Larkin Administration Building in 1906. The Larkin Building was an office building at 680 Seneca Street in Buffalo, New York, United States. Designed in 1903 by Frank Lloyd Wright, it was built in 1904–1906 for the Larkin Soap Company. The building was noted for innovations that included central air conditioning, built-in desk furniture ...
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Larkin executive Darwin D. Martin hired Wright to design a building that would house the large number of clerks needed to operate the mail-order business for the Larkin Soap Company. Because the building would be located in an industrial part of town, it was necessary to make the building as attractive as possible to women, who made up the bulk ...
Davidson was introduced to Wright by fellow Larkin executive Darwin D. Martin. [5] Wright had arrived in Buffalo in 1903 to build the existing house for Martin, [5] and Martin was instrumental in selecting Wright as the architect for the Larkin Administration Building, [5] in downtown Buffalo, Wright's first major
Dana–Thomas House, Springfield, Illinois (a National Historic Landmark) Thomas P. Hardy House, Racine, Wisconsin (a National Historic Landmark) William R. Heath House, Buffalo, New York; Larkin Administration Building, Buffalo, New York (demolished in 1950) Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, New York (a National Historic Landmark)
Buildings such as the famed Larkin Administration Building, the Larkin Terminal Warehouse, and the 250-foot tall chimney of the Larkin Powerhouse were erected between 1902 and 1912. The Larkin Company continued its prosperity until the 1930s after the death of John Larkin and the Great Depression, going out of business in the 1940s. The Larkin ...
Martin and Barton were colleagues at the Larkin Company, and Wright also designed houses for other Larkin employees William R. Heath and Walter V. Davidson, as well as the Larkin Company's administration building. Barton House c. 1905 First and second story floor plans. Of the Martin Complex's six buildings construction on the Barton House ...
Wright decided where each house should be placed. Wright designed three homes himself and approved architectural plans of the other 44, which were designed by such architects as Paul Schweikher , Theodore Dixon Bower, Ulrich Franzen , Kaneji Domoto , Aaron Resnick and David Henken – an engineer and Wright apprentice.