Broad Margin is a house in Greenville,

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, United States. Commissioned by Gabrielle and Charlcey Austin, it was designed by

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and was built by Harold T. Newton in 1954. It is one of two buildings designed by Wright in South Carolina (the other being the

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). It was named to the

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in 1978. The house is built into the slope of the lot. It has concrete walls. It extensively uses

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wood throughout 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. Broad Margin is one of a few Wright-designed houses where he signed his name on a block imbedded into the home. The house was documented with photographs and written historical data by the

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in 1988.

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* Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Historic American Buildings Survey in South Carolina Houses in Greenville, South Carolina Frank Lloyd Wright buildings Houses completed in 1954 National Register of Historic Places in Greenville, South Carolina {{GreenvilleCountySC-NRHP-stub

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