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The Larkin Administration Building in 1906. The Larkin Building was an office building in Buffalo, New York, noted for innovations that included central air conditioning, built-in desk furniture, and suspended toilet partitions and bowls. Located at 680 Seneca Street, it was demolished in 1950.
The Larkin Terminal Warehouse, also known as Larkin at Exchange or the Larkin R/S/T Building, [1]: p.88 is located at 726 Exchange Street, Buffalo, New York in a neighborhood known as the "Hydraulics." The neighborhood was one of Buffalo's earliest industrial districts and its name is derived from the construction of a small hydraulic canal.
Larkinville, also known as The Hydraulics, is an area of Buffalo, New York located near downtown, South Buffalo and Canalside.Once an industrial neighborhood, it is now home to offices, shops, and a public gathering space called Larkin Square that regularly features food trucks, events, and concerts.
The Larkin Company, also known as the Larkin Soap Company, was a company founded in 1875 in Buffalo, New York as a small soap factory. It grew tremendously throughout the late 1800s and into the first quarter of the 1900s with an approach called "The Larkin Idea" that transformed the company into a mail-order conglomerate that employed 2,000 people and had annual sales of $28.6 million ...
The City of Buffalo established the Preservation Board in 1976. Its powers and responsibilities are derived from Buffalo's Preservation Ordinance, which declares "as a matter of public policy that preservation, protection, conservation, enhancement, perpetuation, and utilization of sites, buildings, improvements, and districts of special character, historical or aesthetic interest, or value ...
The William R. Heath House was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, built in 1904–1905, and is located at 76 Soldiers Place in Buffalo, New York. It is built in the Prairie School architectural style. William Heath was a lawyer who served as office manager, and eventually vice-president, of the Larkin Company in Buffalo. [29]
Larkin Building may refer to: Larkin Company Building, an eight story building in Chicago, built in 1912 and demolished in 2020; Larkin Administration Building, a building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Buffalo, New York, demolished in 1950; Larkin Terminal Warehouse, a building in Buffalo, New York, built in 1912
Davidson was introduced to Wright by fellow Larkin executive Darwin D. Martin. [5] Wright had arrived in Buffalo in 1903 to build the existing house for Martin, [5] and Martin was instrumental in selecting Wright as the architect for the Larkin Administration Building, [5] in downtown Buffalo, Wright's first major