Darwin Denice Martin was an early 20th Century New York State businessman best known for the house he commissioned from Frank Lloyd Wright.
Martin was born on October 25, 1865 to Hiram Martin and Ann Elizabeth McMannis Martin in Bouckville, New York, an upstate New York community. Martin had a difficult childhood, starting with the death of his mother when he was six. Martins family was separated and Martin, who was the youngest of five, was forced to part ways with all his siblings except for his brother Frank.
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