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The Larkin Company, also known as the Larkin Soap Company, was a company founded in 1875 in Buffalo, New York as a small soap factory. It grew tremendously throughout the late 1800s and into the first
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Boraxine advertisement from 1882
J. D. Larkin & Co's "Elite," toilet soap is perfectly pure. "Boraxine," for the laundry. Try it., 1882; from the 19th Century American Trade Cards collection of the Boston Public Library
Larkin Club from Auburn, NY in 1902
The Larkin Administration Building was an office building at 680 Seneca Street in Buffalo, New York, United States. Constructed for the Larkin Soap Company, it was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright with
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…sales of $28.6 million (equivalent to $459,643,000 in 2025) in 1920. The company's success allowed them to hire Frank Lloyd Wright to design the iconic Larkin Administration Building which stood as a symbol of Larkin prosperity until the company's demise in the 1940s. The Larkin Company was founded in 1875 as "J. D. Larkin, Manufacturer…
The Larkin Building in 1906
Before Wright was hired to design the Administration Building, he designed the George Barton House (pictured) for Darwin Martin.
Frank Lloyd Wright (pictured in later years) drew up plans for the Administration Building primarily between January 1903 and April 1904.
Site of the Larkin Administration Building