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5 unusual facts about Larkin Administration Building


Bertha Crawford Hubbard

She was married to Elbert Hubbard the charismatic leader of the Roycrofters on June 30, 1881 in Bloomington, Illinois - when he was a soap salesman for the Larkin Soap Company.

Larkin Administration Building

The Larkin Soap Company was founded in Buffalo in 1875 by John D. Larkin.

The Larkin Building was designed in 1904 by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1906 for the Larkin Soap Company of Buffalo, New York.

Located at 680 Seneca Street, the Larkin Building was demolished in 1950.

It did so in 1950 despite protests from the architectural community.


George Barton House

The complex was commissioned by Darwin D. Martin an entrepreneur who worked at the Larkin Soap Company.


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