Event Details Join the Alden B. Dow Home and Studio and the Mid-Century Modern Midland organization to celebrate the release of our new book, Mid-Century Modern Midland. The book launch is a free event and open to the public. The event includes a short program and...
Location: Sanford, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow The Meridian School District was established in 1958 with the consolidation of six smaller school districts in the region. Since adequate classroom space was not yet available, Meridian students in grades 11 and...
Location: Harrison, MichiganArchitect: Alden B. DowAlden B. Dow began the preliminary drawings for Mid-Michigan Community College in October of 1966. Initial specifications were dated September 1967 and then revised in February 1968 when the addition of a...
Location: Ann Arbor, MichiganArchitect: Alden B. DowPreliminary drawings for a building to house the offices of the Michigan District Headquarters of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod were begun in May of 1964. Specifications and invitations to bid were issued...
Thank you for attending the Alden B. Dow Home & Studio and Mid-Century Modern Midland's 1950s Renovation Tour! What an amazing weekend. Thanks to everyone who joined us for our 1950s Renovation Tour, our most well-attended and successful Fall Tour yet. We loved...
Location: Marquette, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow Throughout his long career, Alden B. Dow designed close to 80 educational structures, from pre- and elementary schools to entire college campuses. In Michigan and elsewhere, the 1960’s brought enrollment...
Location: Saginaw, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow In July 1963, Alden B. Dow began the first drawings for a new building for the Young Women’s Christian Association in Saginaw on South Jefferson Avenue. The Association had been housed in various temporary...
Location: St. Louis, Missouri Architect: Alden B. Dow When the St. Louis branch office of the Dow Chemical Company needed to move to larger quarters, it leased the entire 18th floor of the Continental Building, the newest high-rise in the city’s central business...
Location: Spring Valley, New York Architect: Alden B. Dow Temple Beth El in Spring Valley, New York, is one of two Jewish temples designed by Alden B. Dow and his only built structure in that state. He designed the Bay City Jewish Center in 1955, and a brief letter...
Location: Midland, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow During the 1950’s and 1960’s Alden B. Dow designed four major structures for the Dow Chemical Company that were collectively known as the Abbott Road Center. The 160-acre site was bounded by Abbott Road, Patrick...
From the beginning of his career in the 1930’s and into the 1960’s, Alden B. Dow designed over 30 projects for the Dow Chemical Company. One of his earliest was to connect and remodel what were the two main buildings that housed the growing firm – the office...