The Walter V. Davidson House in Buffalo, New York, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1908, is a Prairie School residence tied to Wright’s work for the Larkin Company and his larger Buffalo career. Commissioned by Larkin advertising manager Walter V. Davidson after an introduction through Darwin D. Martin, the house is notable for achieving distinction on a modest budget through space, light, and strong horizontal design rather than heavy ornament. Its two-story living room, cruciform plan, unusual leaded diamond-paned windows, and other Prairie-period features make it a refined small-scale work and an important part of Buffalo’s early twentieth-century Wright legacy.

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Buffalo, New York · USA