Broad Margin
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
9 W Avondale Dr
Site Number:
0004
Control Number:
U/45/0004
Date Surveyed:
2002 – 2003
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
1954
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Historic Core Shape:
Irregular
Architect or Builder:
Frank Lloyd Wright
Number of Stories:
1
Construction Method:
masonry
Exterior Walls Materials:
Stone Veneer
Foundation Materials:
Stone Piers
Roof Shape:
hip
Roof Materials:
composition shingle
National Register Determination:
listed
Signficant Architectural Features:
Usonian style dwelling set on 2-acre wooded lot; built into the slope and not visible from the street or surrounding houses; only roof is visible upon approach; concrete wall with stone veneer, cypress framing, and broad banks of windows; furniture and fixtures throughout house designed to match by architect
Alterations:
portion of kitchen cabinets replaced due to fire
Historical Information:
Broad Margin is one of two houses designed by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright in South Carolina. Designed in 1951 and completed in 1954, the house was designed for sisters Charlcy and Gabrielle Austin. Wright rejected the sisters' original site as too developed and recommended a more wooded, park-like setting
Source of Historical Information:
NR nomination
Quadrangle Name:
Greenville