Work Outside of Michigan

Although the bulk of Dow’s work is situated in his home state of Michigan, he was a registered architect in fourteen states;  Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas, Florida, California, Arizona, Iowa, Oklahoma, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New York.  His work, in states other than Michigan, was mostly residential, with seven designs realized.  Residential designs were created in Ohio, Indiana, North Carolina, Texas and Pennsylvania.   In addition to residential structures, he designed the Phoenix Civic Center in Arizona and Temple Beth El in Spring Valley, New York.  As is typical with all architects, he designed several buildings for other states that were never realized.  Those plans, in addition to other designs not realized, are held in the Alden B. Dow Archives.  

(For photography credits, see the photographer page.)