Post by Michael BulatovichPost by PatFrom the Buffalo News
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/102674.html
"...No one knows what became of the original, but it probably disintegrated
or was vandalized after the Martin family abandoned the estate in 1936."
Abandoned the estate?
Hey, we're talking Buffalo.
Post by Michael BulatovichFrom http://www.darwinmartinhouse.org/reference_sheet.php
"Sebastian Tauriello purchased the Martin House in 1955 (it had been
abandoned since 1937)."
also from the same page:
BUFFALO'S WRIGHTIAN GOLDEN AGE
For a golden age of some 22 years -- from 1927 until 1949 -- ten
Wright-designed structures stood in and around Buffalo. That heyday
included:
1. George Barton House (1903-04), extant
2. Larkin Company Administration Building (1904-06), demolished
1949-50
3. Darwin D. Martin House (1903-05), extant, a National Historic
Landmark
4. Martin House Pergola (1903-05), demolished early 1960s
5. Martin House Conservatory (1903-05), demolished early 1960s
6. Martin House Carriage House and Stable (1903-05), demolished early
1960s
7. William R. Heath House (1905), extant
8. Martin House Gardener's Cottage (1908), extant
9. Walter V. Davidson House (1912), extant
10. Martin family's lakeshore summer house/Graycliff (1927), extant
General info at:
http://www.darwinmartinhouse.org/