W.R. Heath House

The W.R. Heath House (1905) was designed for William R. Heath, an attorney for the Larkin Company — the same firm that employed Darwin Martin and that Wright was simultaneously designing the celebrated Larkin Administration Building for (now demolished). The Heath House is a mature Prairie work: a strong horizontal composition with broad overhanging eaves, Roman brick, and art-glass windows. It sits in the same Parkside neighborhood as the Martin complex, making Buffalo one of the most concentrated clusters of Wright Prairie houses anywhere. The house is a private residence but the exterior is visible from the street.