Broad Margin

Broad Margin

Infobox_nrhp
name =Broad River
nrhp_type =


caption = Broad River in Greenville, South Carolina ca. 1987
nearest_city= Greenville, South Carolina
lat_degrees = 34
lat_minutes = 52
lat_seconds = 23
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 82
long_minutes = 23
long_seconds = 26
long_direction = W
locmapin = South Carolina
area =
built =1954
architect= Frank Lloyd Wright
architecture= Other
added = December 08, 1978
governing_body = Private
refnum=78002513cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Broad Margin is a private residence in Greenville, South Carolina. The house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and was built in 1954. It is one of two buildings designed by Wright in South Carolina (the other being the Auldbrass Plantation).

The house is built into the slope of the 2 acre (0.81 ha) lot. It has convert|12|in|cm|0 thick concrete walls. It extensively uses cypress wood thoughout including its ceiling of cypress boards. The house has polished red concrete floors. Copper tubes are embedded in the concrete floors to heat the house using hot water.

The cypress furniture was designed for the house. The doors and window frames were constructed on-site of cypress. The hardware is solid brass.

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has additional information and photographs, [ [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/greenville/S10817723016/index.htm South Carolina Department of Archives and History] ] , and the National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form. [ [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/greenville/S10817723016/S10817723016.pdf NHRP nomination form] ]

The Historic American Building Survey has additional photographs and information on Broad Margin. [ [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhphoto&fileName=sc/sc0700/sc0740/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Broad%20Margin,%209%20West%20Avondale%20Drive,%20Greenville,%20Greenville%20County,%20SC&displayType=1&itemLink=D?hh:1:./temp/~pp_kNUO::@@@mdb=fsaall,app,brum,detr,swann,look,gottscho,pan,horyd,genthe,var,cai,cd,hh,yan,bbcards,lomax,ils,prok,brhc,nclc,matpc,iucpub,tgmi,lamb HABS] ]

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