That’s particularly sad, says Roberts, because this was the year the Martin house was to emerge in its full glory. I visited Martin House, and Graycliff, the summer estate of businessman Darwin D. Martin on the shores of Lake Erie, in December, when the winter light was stubborn and the cloud cover implacable. ADADFrom the outside, the Martin House is impressive, but not overwhelming. A few years before he designed the Martin House, Wright published designs in Ladies’ Home Journal, one of which imagined “A Home in a Prairie Town” that resembles the Martin House in several ways. He died in 1935, and by 1937 the remaining family had abandoned the Martin House, which reverted to the city after taxes went unpaid.

Source: Washington Post May 12, 2020 12:01 UTC