Martin Home
1002 T Street
he Martin Home, designed by Lee Duncan and completed in 1912, is one of the largest homes in the Craftstman Bungalow style in Fresno. It is a particularly fine example of the use of river rock as a decorative element. Such "natural" decorative features were a common element of Craftsman design. Of particular interest is a tiny "doll house" made of river rock and built against the home's foundation along the Tulare Street facade. See if you can find it. This home has been a mortuary since 1960.
Unknown if this is the same Martin: Emmett G. Martin, younger brother of Los Angeles architect A. C. Martin. He was an architect, particularly for the Roman Catholic Church. He designed the following in Fresno-most of his work was in Los Angeles. St. John's Catholic Boy's School in Fresno (1926, shown at right), the Convent of the Holy Cross School in Fresno (1926), the San Joaquin River Academy in Fresno (1926
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