Restoration Archives - Martin House https://martinhouse.org/category/restoration/ Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:17:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://martinhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-martin-icon-1-32x32.jpg Restoration Archives - Martin House https://martinhouse.org/category/restoration/ 32 32 New Windows Installed https://martinhouse.org/newwindowsinstalled/ Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:15:20 +0000 https://martinhouse.org/?p=8859 The post New Windows Installed appeared first on Martin House.

]]> Seven Tree of Life Art Glass Windows Installed in the Reception Room https://martinhouse.org/seven-tree-of-life-art-glass-windows-installed-in-the-reception-room/ Thu, 03 Feb 2022 15:48:55 +0000 https://martinhouse.org/?p=7925 We are very pleased to announce the installation of seven reproduction Tree of Life windows in the reception room of the house. Made possible through the generous support of New York State, the new windows have joined two others previously recreated for the space, creating a ribbon of art glass...

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]]> Reintegration of Art Glass Continues https://martinhouse.org/reintegration-of-art-glass-continues/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:38:19 +0000 https://martinhouse.org/?p=7809 The post Reintegration of Art Glass Continues appeared first on Martin House.

]]> Kirkland Museum to return two Martin House windows in 2022 https://martinhouse.org/kirkland-museum-to-return-two-martin-house-windows-in-2022/ Fri, 08 Oct 2021 19:31:47 +0000 https://martinhouse.org/?p=7736 The following announcement was released by Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art on October 6, 2021. The museum, located in Denver, will be returning a pier cluster window and a single pot tree of life window for a bedroom.  KIRKLAND MUSEUM OF FINE & DECORATIVE ART ANNOUNCES FOCUS ON FRANK...

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]]> In Production | Tree of Life Windows https://martinhouse.org/in-production-tree-of-life-windows/ Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:29:48 +0000 https://martinhouse.org/?p=7612 The Martin House is replicating seven Tree of Life art glass panels to complete the band of windows for the south end of the reception room. The Martin House has selected Oakbrook Esser Studios of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, as the fabricator of these exquisitely intricate reproductions based on Frank Lloyd Wright’s...

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]]> Art Glass Window Coming Home https://martinhouse.org/art-glass-window-coming-home/ Wed, 09 Jun 2021 14:56:06 +0000 https://martinhouse.org/?p=7222 The post Art Glass Window Coming Home appeared first on Martin House.

]]> Restoration By Microscope https://martinhouse.org/restoration-by-microscope/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:53:44 +0000 https://martinhouse.org/?p=6619 This article originally appeared in The Globe and Mail on April 24, 2020. I don’t care what season it actually is, step into the Darwin Martin House in Buffalo (1904-05), and its perpetual fall. Maybe that’s because its architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, worshipped Mother Nature, and fall is when she...

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]]> A Piece of Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Buffalo Venture” Completes a $2 Million Restoration https://martinhouse.org/a-piece-of-frank-lloyd-wrights-buffalo-venture-completes-a-2-million-restoration/ Thu, 18 Oct 2018 06:29:53 +0000 https://martinhouse.org/?p=6673 This article originally appeared in National Trust for Historic Preservation on October 18, 2018. Frank Lloyd Wright was issued a test, of sorts, when a businessman named Darwin D. Martin approached him in 1902. Martin, an executive at the Larkin Soap Company in Buffalo, New York, was looking for an...

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]]> Seven Art Glass Windows Return Home https://martinhouse.org/seven-art-glass-windows-return-home/ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 19:43:36 +0000 https://martinhouse.org/?p=6582 A Canadian-American Museum Partnership in Celebration of the 150th Anniversaries of Canadian Confederation and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Birth The University of Victoria (UVic) and the Martin House Restoration Corporation (Martin House) announce the historic transfer of seven original art glass panels from the University’s Legacy Art Galleries back to their original...

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]]> The Wisteria Mosaic Fireplace https://martinhouse.org/the-wisteria-mosaic-fireplace/ Thu, 29 Jun 2017 18:54:26 +0000 https://martinhouse.org/?p=6581 Our restoration process began its final stage when we unveiled the Wisteria Mosaic Fireplace. The beautifully hand-crafted, four-sided, historically accurate replica of the Martin’s original fireplace acts as our house’s centerpiece, representing more than craftsmanship alone. It’s a symbol of the Martins themselves: strong-willed yet graceful, elegant yet modest. The...

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]]> First Floor is Finished https://martinhouse.org/first-floor-is-finished/ Thu, 17 Nov 2016 19:21:59 +0000 https://martinhouse.org/?p=6571 The Martin House opened its doors to the public for docent-guided tours even before the formation of the Martin House Restoration Corporation in 1992. Visitors today may be touring the complex for their first, third, or even sixth time and have never experienced the multi-residential estate in the same condition...

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]]> A Home is Never Truly Complete Without a Kitchen Stove https://martinhouse.org/a-home-is-never-truly-complete-without-a-kitchen-stove/ Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:53:46 +0000 https://martinhouse.org/?p=6569 A home is never truly complete without a kitchen stove, and this sentiment holds true even at the Martin House. Given its prominence on the first floor, the Martin House kitchen seems somewhat unfinished without its stove—historically, the focal point of the south wall of the home’s principal domestic space....

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