Martin House - Table of Contents  
...............   Darwin D. Martin House Complex- Table of Contents

Second floor - Darwin D. Martin House

On this page below:

Hall

Master suite

Children's bedrooms

Children's playroom

Photos taken in 2011 and in 2018


Edited    ...   Original found on HABS



Second floor Hall


2001 photo - Second floor Hall - Landing.
Note lack of sconces   ...   "Art glass" detailed below:



2001 photo - Second floor Hall.
The stained glass windows or "art glass" were integral to this complex. The lines of these windows are ruler straight, a design element embraced by Wright as he thought curves were representative of decadent decoration.

Wright called his windows "light screens" and considered them part of the walls, not merely holes in the walls. The windows were used to create textural changes within the rooms and to control the eye and shape its vision. In Wrightian homes windows were used to create subdued illumination or a "moonlight effect".

Above all Wright believed his windows were an integral part of his overall design and were meant to be appreciated as works of art and most definitely not to be covered with heavy draperies.



2018 photo - Second floor - Open space
 
Note sconces



2018 photo - Second floor Hall.
Foreground:  Open space




2018 photo - Second floor - Landing




Second floor Master bedroom suite


2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.
Pattern on art glass windows completely washed out by sunlight



2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.
Pattern on art glass windows completely washed out by sunlight



2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.
Pattern on art glass windows partially washed out by sunlight



2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.
Note narrow art glass in middle   ...  
Pattern on flanking art glass windows completely washed out by sunlight



2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.



2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.
Pattern on art glass windows completely washed out by sunlight



2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.



2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.



2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.



2018 photo - Second floor Master bedroom suite.
Original shower




Second floor Children's bedrooms (Dorothy and Darwin Jr.)








2018 photo - Second floor Children's bedrooms



2018 photo - Second floor Children's bedrooms
Note balcony



2018 photo - Second floor Children's bedrooms



2018 photo - Second floor Children's bedrooms
Closet door




Second floor Children's playroom
So named because of the floor


2018 photo - Second floor Children's playroom



2018 photo - Second floor Children's playroom



2018 photo - Second floor Children's playroom



2018 photo - Second floor Children's playroom





Special thanks to the following for their cooperation:   Executive Director Mary F. Roberts, Director of Operations Margaret P. Stehlik, and Marketing Manager Caitlin Deibel

Photographs taken by Chuck LaChiusa
Photos © 2018 Martin House Restoration Corporation

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