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164 DARWIN D. MARTIN HOUSE // CULTURAL LANDSCAPE REPORT the subdivision of parcels as performed in the early 1960s to accommodate new apartment construction within the NR boundary. It should be noted that there is confusion regarding the NHL nomination. Foremost is that the NHL nomination appears to use a National Register nomination form (reportedly common at the time of nomination), wherein the only indication of it being an NHL nomination is a hand-written “NHL” in marker at the top of page one. The content, including property description, boundary, statement of significance, and even the noted period of significance, is also different compared to the NR nomination. Some of the content for the NHL nomination appears to be taken from information collected over several years as a subject property for the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). The NHL Period of Significance is noted simply as 1904, and most likely corresponds to the “period” when only the Martin House was thought to be under construction – as that is the subject of the nomination. The Area of Significance is marked as “agriculture,” though, this is clearly a typo meant to be “architecture” which sits one line below in the area to be indicated. The NHL nomination’s Statement of Significance is more comprehensive than the NR nomination and includes specific mention of the gardens as a Wright-designed feature of the property. It notes, though apparently somewhat erroneously, specific “original” landscape elements that remained, including extant (at the time) plant material – two ginkgo trees and “several poplars” Fig. 169 Existing conditions plan showing NR and NHL boundaries. National Register boundary (1975) National Historic Landmark boundary(1986)