The Larkin Administration Building by Frank Lloyd Wright, it was designed in 1904 and demolished in 1950. It contains five stories a structural monumental quality of a façade, the exterior building is like a solid block. The building was constructed of dark red bricks; the main building was attached to an annex of approximately three stories, the entire roof was paved with brick and served as a recreation area for the building’s employees. Two waterfall-like fountains flanked the entrances of the building; above the fountains were bas-reliefs by Richard W Bock, who also designed the globes on the tops of the central exterior piers of the building. The interior consisted of a five-story central court or nave, surrounded by balconies, the upper level contained a kitchen, bakery, dining rooms, classrooms, a branch of Buffalo Public Library, restrooms, a roof garden, and a conservatory. At the interior of the building, the walls were made of semi-vitreous, hard, cream-coloured brick. Wright designed hermetically sealed double paned windows for allowing natural and artificial light, he also designed electrical fixtures that enabled the employees to work in comfort at their metal office furniture.
