E-Z Polish Factory
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The E-Z Polish Factory is a building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
and is located in Chicago
, Illinois
, USA. Built in 1905, the E-Z Polish Company were manufacturers of shoe and stove polish.
The company was owned by William E. Martin of Oak Park
and Darwin D. Martin of Buffalo
, New York. Wright also designed the William E. Martin House in 1902.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture...
and is located in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, USA. Built in 1905, the E-Z Polish Company were manufacturers of shoe and stove polish.
The company was owned by William E. Martin of Oak Park
Oak Park, Illinois
Oak Park, Illinois is a suburb bordering the west side of the city of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is the twenty-fifth largest municipality in Illinois. Oak Park has easy access to downtown Chicago due to public transportation such as the Chicago 'L' Blue and Green lines,...
and Darwin D. Martin of Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
, New York. Wright also designed the William E. Martin House in 1902.