Broad Margin is the name given to the private residence originally commissioned by Gabrielle and Charlcey Austin. It is located in Greenville,

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, United States, was designed by

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...

and was built by local builder Harold T. Newton in 1954. It is one of two buildings designed by Wright in South Carolina (the other being the

Auldbrass Plantation Auldbrass Plantation or Auldbrass is located in Beaufort County, South Carolina, near the town of Yemassee. The main house, stable complex and kennels were designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright from 1939 to 1941. It is one of two structures ...

). It was named to the

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in 1978. The house is built into the slope of the lot. It has concrete walls. It extensively uses

cypress Cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs of northern temperate regions that belong to the family Cupressaceae. The word ''cypress'' is derived from Old French ''cipres'', which was imported from Latin ''cypressus'', the ...

wood throughout including its ceiling of cypress boards. The house has polished red concrete floors. Copper tubes are embedded in the concrete floors to heat the house using hot water. The cypress furniture was designed for the house. The doors and window frames were constructed on-site of cypress. The hardware is solid brass. The house was documented with photographs and written historical data by the

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in 1988.

References

* Storrer, William Allin. ''The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion''. University of Chicago Press, 2006, (S.345)

External links

* Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Historic American Buildings Survey in South Carolina Houses in Greenville, South Carolina Frank Lloyd Wright buildings Houses completed in 1954 National Register of Historic Places in Greenville, South Carolina {{GreenvilleCountySC-NRHP-stub

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