Darwin D. Martin House Complex - Table of Contents
Pergola
and Conservatory - Darwin D. Martin House Complex
Photographs taken January 31, 2008
Constructed
1903-05
Demolished 1960
Reconstructed 2006-2008
On this page, below:
Pergola
Conservatory
Pergola: A garden structure with an open wooden-framed roof, often latticed, supported by regularly spaced posts or columns. The Pergola connects the Martin House and the Conservatory.
![]() June 6, 2006 photo - Pergola Note Roman brick, the same as used in the Martin and Barton Houses ![]() June 6, 2006 photo. Pergola (left half of photo) is the walkway from the Martin House to the Conservatory (right half of photo)
![]() September 28, 2011 photo. East elevation - view from Summit Avenue Left: Martin House ... Center: Pergola ... Right: Carriage house ... Detail below: ![]() September 28, 2011 photo. Left: Pergola ... Right: Carriage house ... Restored statue in foreground (detailed below:) ![]() September 28, 2011 photo. ![]() October 21, 2008 photo. Martin House at right. ![]() January 31, 2008 - Pergola. Left background: Martin House ... Right: Pergola Prairie style widely overhanging eaves on pergola ... Open spaces - not windows - in Pergola ![]() January 31, 2008 Pergola. View towards the entrance (doors) of the Conservatory ... Pergola sides have open air spaces, not windows - note snow on floor ![]() June 2018 Pergola. Looking into the Conservatory ... Note glass floor panels (detailed below:) ![]() June 2018 Pergola. Identical tiles used throughout the Martin House ... Glass floor panels ... See also glass panels used in the 1892 Market Arcade ![]() January 31, 2008 - Pergola. Cypress ... Reproduction Victorian light bulbs ... Roman bricks ![]() January 31, 2008 - Pergola. Cypress ... Reproduction Victorian light bulbs ![]() January 31, 2008 - Pergola. At the end of pergola looking into the conservatory. ... Spaces at far left and far right are open air spaces, not windows ![]() January 31, 2008 - Pergola. Pergola as seen from a second floor bedroom in the Martin House |
Conservatory ![]() June 6, 2006 photo. View from rear of Martin House: Center background: Carriage house ... Roof at right is that of the Pergola ![]() June 6, 2006 photo. View from rear of Martin House: Carriage house ![]() October 10, 2006 photo. Left: Carriage house ... Middle: Conservatory ... Right: Pergola Conservatory: A room with a glass roof and walls, attached to a house at one side and used as a greenhouse or a sun parlor. ![]() September 28, 2011 photo - Conservatory. (Not in photograph: Pergola at left) ... East elevation - view from Summit Avenue ![]() January 31, 2008 - Conservatory. West elevation ... (Not in photograph: Pergola at left) ... Frank Lloyd Wright-designed in the Prairie style ... Limestone martin birdhouses in the original positions atop Conservatory; two at left are reproductions ... Hip roof ... Roman bricks ![]() September 28, 2011 photo - Conservatory. Pergola to left of double doors ... Conservatory has four Wright-designed martin bird houses on the four corners ![]() January 31, 2008 - Conservatory. 2 of the 4 Frank Lloyd Wright-designed limestone martin birdhouses in the original positions atop conservatory ![]() January 31, 2008 - Conservatory. View towards the Pergola ![]() January 31, 2008 - Conservatory. Copper clad aluminum skylight has awning with crank system ... Planters are made of architectural concrete ... Reproduction Victory of Samothrace statue sits on 3' high plinth with a 45 degree angle fountain in front ![]() January 31, 2008 - Conservatory. Reproduction Victory of Samothrace statue and planters ... Windows ![]() June 2018 - Conservatory. Reproduction Victory of Samothrace statue sits on 3' high plinth with a 45 degree angle fountain in front ![]() June 2018 - Conservatory. ![]() January 31, 2008 - Conservatory. ![]() January 31, 2008 - Conservatory. Left background: Carriage house ... Right stairs to Carriage house second floor |