George F. Barton House
Barton House
The George F. Barton House was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, built between 1903 & 1904, and is located at 118 Summit Avenue in Buffalo, New York. The Barton House is part of the larger Darwin D. Martin House Complex, considered to be one of the most important projects from Wright's Prairie School era.
The complex was commissioned by Darwin D. Martin an entrepreneur who worked at
the Larkin Soap Company. The site was purchased by Martin in 1902 as a location
where he planned to build two houses, one for himself, and one for his sister,
Delta Martin Barton, and her husband, George F. Barton.
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.
Of the Martin Complex's six buildings construction on the Barton House began
first and not only was it the first building of the complex to be completed but
also the first of Wright's in Buffalo.
The Barton House is on the north east corner of the complex.
The basic floor plan is cruciform, with the principal living spaces concentrated
in the center two story portion of the house where the reception, living and
dining areas open into each other. The two main bedrooms are on the second
story, at either end of a narrow hall. The kitchen is at the north end, behind
the main stairway, while an open porch is to the south.
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