{"nrhp_refnum":"75001185","name":"Martin, D. D., House Complex","other_names":["George Barton House","Gardener's Cottage","See Also:Martin, Darw"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"123 Jewett Pkwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Buffalo","county":"Erie County","state":"NY","lat":42.936419441000055,"lon":-78.84769442899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-12-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of three Frank Lloyd Wright-designed buildings on Jewett Parkway, Summit Avenue and Woodward Avenue in Buffalo, New York, built 1903-1905: the D. D. Martin House, the George Barton House and the Gardener's Cottage.","why_significant":"The complex is one of Frank Lloyd Wright's best-known Prairie House works and shows the development of the Prairie House in its two principal houses. It was a rare chance for Wright to approach his \"quadruple block plan\" for linked houses around a common landscaped area. The Martin family also remained lifelong friends and clients of Wright.","narrative":"Three buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright make up this complex in a Buffalo neighborhood of curving streets laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted near Delaware Park. The large russet brick Martin House, built in 1904-5 for soap executive Darwin D. Martin, is flanked by the smaller Barton House, built for Martin's sister and brother-in-law, and a frame Gardener's Cottage. Wright originally linked them with a pergola, conservatory and garage, but these were demolished in 1962 for an apartment building that now separates the main house from its companions. The main house stood vacant through the 1940s, was subdivided in the 1950s, and was bought by the State University of New York at Buffalo in the 1960s, after which restoration began under Edgar Tafel. The complex was valued as a leading Prairie House design and as evidence of Wright's ideas about linked family homes and his long relationship with the Martin family.","period_of_significance":"1903-1905","architect_builder":"Frank Lloyd Wright","architectural_style":"Prairie House","criteria":[],"status_note":"The main house was restored beginning in 1967 after decades of vacancy and subdivision. The pergola, conservatory and garage were demolished in 1962. The Barton House interiors are in virtually original condition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.872861-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/75001185.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86002817","name":"Parkside East Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/parkside-east-historic-district-86002817/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312767","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/erie-county/martin-d-d-house-complex-75001185/"}