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24 DARWIN D. MARTIN HOUSE // CULTURAL LANDSCAPE REPORT rose up around the church featuring mainly Victorian and colonial revival architectural styles. Darwin D. Martin in Parkside The combination of new transit opportunities and the increased diversity of lot sizes, including the addition of numerous smaller lots, allowed the Parkside area to substantially grow beginning circa 1890. Indeed, Darwin D. Martin was an early purchaser of a lot along the east side of Summit Avenue, between Jewett Parkway and Russell Street. Martin pledged to marry Isabelle Riedpath in 1888 and began the design and construction of his first home in Parkside, at what was then 145 Summit Avenue, that November. 23 [Fig. 10] Notably, it seems to have been Isabelle who convinced Darwin Martin that the lot he already owned on Maurice Street at the time would not suit them. 24 It also seems that Isabelle was partly responsible for convincing Martin not to live on a farm. The idea that Martin, who was now becoming successful in his duties at the Larkin Company, should live on a farm seems to originate from his father – who appears to have recommended that Martin trade the Maurice Street lot for country life. 25 Despite 23 Darwin D. Martin, Memorandum, November, 1888, Darwin D. Martin Family Papers, SUNY at Buffalo Archives. The current address of this parcel is 151 Summit Avenue. 24 Ibid., 22 September, 1888. 25 Ibid., 22 September, 1888. Fig. 9 Third Preliminary Study for laying out Parkside Buffalo, 1886.