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More than 100 Frank Lloyd Wright commissions have special place names (e.g. "Hollyhock House" or "Fallingwater"). These titles were often bestowed by Wright on his designs but some were applied by clients. Only Wright projects with nicknames appear in this search.

Alternative placename: "Graycliff"

Summerhouse for Isabel R. Martin, "Graycliff" [Derby, New York] (undated)

Note: The following information concerning this project represents original research and analysis by John Geiger, and is based in his long and detailed study of the Frank Lloyd Wright literature as well as personal contacts with members of the Taliesin Fellowship and architectural historians. In addition, he added his own categories of building type and compositional form, as well as other points of consideration that he deemed important to understanding of the design.

Name of client: Martin, Isabel R. (Mrs. Darwin D.).

Sobriquet or alternative place name: Graycliff.

Design Status (as of 2011): Executed.

Occupancy form or use: HOUSING/Residential/Single Family.

Principal building materials: MASONRY/Stone, plaster.

Number of drawings for this project detailed in the database: 10.

Drawing Number and Description

2701.??1     Aerial perspective, reworked from the original with site improvem
2701.??2     Preliminary first floor plan showing site improvements
2701.??4     Floor plan of Guesthouse as redrawn by Patrick Mahoney
2701.??5     Site plan post completion of the house showing guest and gardner'
2701.??6     Gardeners Cottage
2701.001     Site plan showing entry circle and guest quarters
2701.002     Elevations of garage
2701.006     Second floor plan
2701.007     First floor plan
2701.007     Site plan showing the stair to the lake

Individuals recorded as contributing to project:

Note: Not everyone who contributed to a project may be named; only those whose participation has been confirmed from a source appear above. Occasionally names presented as contributors to a project may seem chronologically anomalous. This usually occurs when an individual prepared drawings for publicity, exhibition, or publication long after the original date of a commission.

Howe, John
Wright, Frank Lloyd

Notes And References

Comments by John Geiger and/or sources of attribution: None recorded.