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The Color Block Wall of the Dow Chemical Company 2040 Plastics Building
Location: Midland, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow Alden B. Dow began the design of the Dow Chemical Company’s Abbott Road Center in 1963. The design phase continued over the next several years, during which time it came to be called the 2040 Plastics Building. ...
The S. Gordon Saunders Residence by Alden B. Dow
Location: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow S. Gordon Saunders was an executive in the Dodge division of the Chrysler Corporation. He owned a lot on a small pond near Cranbrook Academy that was quite similar to the natural setting of Alden B....
The E. G. MacMartin Residence by Alden B. Dow
Location: Midland, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow The plans for the E. G. MacMartin residence were drawn in late 1940 and early 1941. The Alden Dow Building Company received the contract to build this $7,500 house. Work began in February 1941, with construction...
The Robbie Robinson Residence by Alden B. Dow
Location: Detroit, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow The Robbie Robinson residence is one of the 13 unit block houses designed by Alden B. Dow and built during the 1930s and early 1940s. Mr. Robinson owned the Robbie Robinson Company, a Detroit firm that supplied a...
The Carleton Washburne Residence by Alden B. Dow
Location: Okemos, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow Dr. Carleton Washburne was a nationally-known educational psychologist and author who taught at Brooklyn College in New York. He wrote to Alden B. Dow in November of 1959 to inquire if the architect might design a...
The Russell Jameson Residence by Alden B. Dow
Location: East Tawas, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow Russell Jameson owned the Jameson Machine Company in Saginaw, Michigan. While scouting property for a home for the Jamesons to the north of Saginaw, Alden B. Dow discovered a plot of 200 acres in East Tawas...
Northwood University by Alden B. Dow
Location: Midland, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow Northwood University as a physical place in Midland began with a Master Plan from the drawing board of Alden B. Dow in 1961. His firm was commissioned to get the initial buildings ready for students in just under...
The Macauley Whiting Residence by Alden B. Dow
Location: Midland, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow The Macauley Whiting residence was designed in 1947 for Macauley and Helen Dow Whiting. Mrs. Whiting was the niece of Alden B. Dow, the architect of the home. Mr. Whiting worked for the Dow Chemical Company,...
The Charles S. Comey Residence by Alden B. Dow
Location: St. Clair Shores, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow In a letter written to Alden B. Dow in November 1950, C. S. Comey asked for a home that was “cozy, not too large, as there are but two of us, not so young.” He wanted ease and economy of maintenance,...
The Dr. Charles MacCallum Residence by Alden B. Dow
Location: Midland, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow In the spring of 1935, Midland physician Dr. Charles MacCallum asked Alden B. Dow to design a residence for the sloping lot he purchased from Mr. Dow just north of the Midland Country Club. The initial rendering...
