Mamah Borthwick

Wright + Librarian + Electrical Engineer

Female

Born Jun 19, 1869

Died Aug 15, 1914

Martha "Mamah" Borthwick is primarily noted for her relationship with Frank Lloyd Wright, which ended when she was murdered. Borthwick earned her BA at the University of Michigan in 1892. She later worked as a librarian in Port Huron, Michigan. In 1899… Read More

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Frank Lloyd Wright
Married 1909 - 1914

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Wright Author At Niacc Mason City Globe Gazette
Google News - Sep 01, 2011

It is about the love affair between architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Borthwick Cheney, a client who, along with her husband, hired Wright to design their home. “I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by
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El Arquitecto Como Un Semidiós Martí Noticias
Google News - Jul 26, 2011

Pero, en 1909, loco y elegido al fin, abandona a su esposa ya sus hijos y se marcha a Europa con Mamah Borthwick Cheney; nada menos que la esposa de un cliente de la que se había enamorado años atras. La pareja regresa a Estados Unidos en 1911 y Wright
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Wisconsin Masterpiece Site Of Tragic Story Oshkosh Northwestern
Google News - Jun 28, 2011

He built it for Mamah Borthwick Cheney, the wife of a former client in Oak Park, Ill., where Wright had lived and worked and designed numerous homes and other buildings. Wright's view of architecture was beautifully simple. His houses had low,
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Oshkosh's Only Frank Lloyd Wright House, Inhabited By Wright Fan Oshkosh Northwestern
Google News - Jun 26, 2011

Wright had caused a scandal when he left his wife Catherine Tobin and his six children in Oak Park and ran off with Mamah Borthwick Cheney, the wife of a former client. Wright and Mamah did not marry but lived together for several years at their home
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1869 Birth Born in 1869.

TWENTIES

1892 23 Years Old Borthwick earned her BA at the University of Michigan in 1892. She later worked as a librarian in Port Huron, Michigan. In 1899, Borthwick married Edwin Cheney, an electrical engineer from Oak Park, Illinois, USA. … Read More

FORTIES

1909 40 Years Old In 1909, Mamah (now formally known as Martha Borthwick Cheney, although she stopped using her husband's name after they divorced in 1911) and Wright chose to leave their respective spouses and travel to Europe. … Read More

1914 45 Years Old On August 15, 1914, one of Wright's recently hired domestic workers, Julian Carlton, murdered Mamah, her two children, three of Wright's associates, and a son of one of the associates. … Read More

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