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Posted: **Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:33 am**

I'm looking for some photos (especially interior) of the Austin house in South Carolina. As I've reviewed my FLLW resources, I've found only a few courtesy pics of the house. Any and all information is greatly appreciated.

EP

Posted: **Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:07 am**

Flickr has some photos of the house.

Posted: **Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:20 am**

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aiagreenvi ... 581866364/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marybanton ... 509087232/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lnmaze/set ... 384642857/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshewwahh ... otostream/

Posted: **Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:17 pm**

Many thanks for the flickr links.......is Broad Margin featured in any FLLW books or in any architectural magazines?

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:08 am**

Ref:
"House & Home",August 1958
HABS SC,23-GRENV,2-(Broad Margin)
South Carolina Department of Archives and History:"Broad Margin".
Taschen,FLlW,Vol.3
Storrer:FLlW Companion
Letters listed in the Taliesin Index by Alofsin.

G.N.

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:51 pm**

I seem to recall hearing that Broad Margin was now owned by the heir to one of the great American industrial fortunes. Is that right? Whoever owns it seems to be taking excellent care of it.

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:01 pm**

Broad Margin

David

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:35 pm**

Roderick Grant wrote:I seem to recall hearing that Broad Margin was now owned by the heir to one of the great American industrial fortunes. Is that right? Whoever owns it seems to be taking excellent care of it.

Here's what I could dig up on current ownership:

It's listed as "Broad Margin LLC" in care of Frederick W. Bristol Jr, w/ a Hilton Head, SC address. It sold to the LLC from the previous owners (the Palmers, who owned it since 1975) for $700,000.

Broad Margin - Greenville County Tax Parcel info

They have owned it since at least 1998.

According to this article, it was to be auctioned in April of 1997 to settle a divorce of the Palmers.

David

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:50 pm**

Oh, and another book the house is in is FLW - Mid-Century Modern by Hess and Weintraub.

Also, I have a copy of the August 1958 "House & Home" magazine that Broad Margin is in. There are six pages dedicated to it - with 6 b&w photos, 2 section drawings and a floor plan, each w/ accompanying text.

David

Posted: **Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:27 am**

TnGuy wrote:Frederick W. Bristol Jr

an heir to the Bristol Meyers Squibb fortune, I believe.

Posted: **Thu Jan 21, 2010 6:23 pm**

Many thanks for the very helpful info about Broad Margin. It is indeed owned by the heir to the Bristol Myers Squibb fortune..........

EP

Posted: **Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:12 am**

TnGuy has graciously scanned these photos of Broad Margin from the August 1958 edition of House and Home Magazine.

Is this the only Usonian in which vertical perf boards are exclusive? The only other vertical perf design I can recall is the McBroom residence which was built in Virginia a few years ago based upon the Ruth Keith/Bertha Hamilton designs.

David, thank you very much for your assistance and efforts.

EP

Posted: **Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:53 am**

Pope-Leighey, for one, has vertical perfs at the end of the bedroom wing wall.

Posted: **Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:18 pm**

I'm not positive, but I think the Wilson Residence in Oregon may also have some verticle perfs?

Posted: **Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:41 pm**

Bachman-Wilson is in New Jersey, not Oregon, and it does not have vertical perfs. Manson has both vertical and horizontal perfs.

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