Martin House Restored
Conservators have restored Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House in Buffalo to Wright’s original vision — including interior furnishings, decorative glass, and recovered artworks that bring the architect’s holistic design back to life. The detailed restoration highlights how objects and decor are integral to Wright’s architectural intent. (smithsonianmag.com)
“Collecting Ourselves — The Objects of Martin House” opens March 27 and runs through September 7, 2026 at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House in Buffalo (martinhouse.org). (martinhouse.org) The show brings together specific returns including a Tiffany & Co. floor lamp, a dining-room table stanchion, and original table-and-chair sets that Wright either designed or selected for the house (smithsonianmag.com). (smithsonianmag.com) Martin House leadership says the exhibition documents decades-long provenance research and cross-country tracking of objects, a process guided by ethics, loans, and donor agreements, according to executive director Jessie Fisher (smithsonianmag.com). (smithsonianmag.com) The complex contains nearly 400 individual examples of Wright-designed decorative glass—windows, doors, skylights and fixtures—many fabricated originally by the Linden Glass Company and now the subject of targeted recovery and replication efforts (martinhouse.org). (martinhouse.org) The multi‑decade restoration effort received more than $50 million in public and private investment, with New York State contributing roughly $24 million and additional Buffalo Billion funding helping complete landscape and preservation phases. (esd.ny.gov). (esd.ny.gov) The main Martin House spans about 15,000 square feet and the restoration team documented features such as some 8.5 miles of original wood trim and extensive built-in cabinetry as part of the return-to-historic condition. (esd.ny.gov). (esd.ny.gov)
