Graycliff

The Graycliff estate was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) and was built between 1926 and 1929. It is located about 20 minutes south of downtown Buffalo, New York, at 6472 Old Lake Shore Road in Derby, New York. The Graycliff estate was the summer home of Isabelle R. Martin (1869-1945) and her husband, Buffalo entrepreneur Darwin D. Martin (1865–1935). Graycliff was the second of two complexes Frank Lloyd Wright designed for the couple, ... more

The Graycliff estate was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) and was built between 1926 and 1929. It is located about 20 minutes south of downtown Buffalo, New York, at 6472 Old Lake Shore Road in Derby, New York. The Graycliff estate was the summer home of Isabelle R. Martin (1869-1945) and her husband, Buffalo entrepreneur Darwin D. Martin (1865–1935). Graycliff was the second of two complexes Frank Lloyd Wright designed for the couple, the first being the Martin House Complex, site of their city residence. By the time of Graycliff’s commission, Wright and the Martins had been personal friends as well as clients for over twenty years. Between the time of the completion of the Martin House Complex and the construction of Graycliff grew a great long-term friendship, to the extent that the Martins provided financial assistance and other support to Wright as his career unfolded. In the early years of their long relationship, Darwin Martin was actively involved with the selection... less