Broad Margin

Broad Margin

Broad Margin in Greenville, South Carolina ca. 1987
Location 9 West Avondale Drive, Greenville, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°52′23″N 82°23′26″W / 34.87306°N 82.39056°W / 34.87306; -82.39056Coordinates: 34°52′23″N 82°23′26″W / 34.87306°N 82.39056°W / 34.87306; -82.39056
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1954
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright
Architectural style Usonian
NRHP Reference #

78002513

[1]
Added to NRHP December 8, 1978

Broad Margin is a private residence in Greenville, South Carolina. The house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and was built in 1954.[2][3] It is one of two buildings designed by Wright in South Carolina (the other being the Auldbrass Plantation).

It was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

The house is built into the slope of the 2-acre (0.81 ha) lot. It has 12-inch-thick (30 cm) concrete walls. It extensively uses cypress 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 Historic American Buildings Survey in 1988.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Palmer, Roy; Georgianna Graham; Kappy McNulty (July 31, 1978). "Broad Margin" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Broad Margin, Greenville County (9 W. Avondale Dr., Greenville)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  4. ↑ Pittenger, Nancy; Sims, E. Thomas (April 5, 1988). "Broad Margin" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 2, 2014.


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