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,
Calvin A. Campbell was a fraternity brother of Alden B. Dow’s at the University of Michigan in the 1920’s. In the summer of 1939, he contacted Mr. Dow about designing a home for him. Plans were drawn in late summer and construction was completed in July of 1940. The Campbell
T. Keller succeeded Walter Chrysler as the chief executive officer of the Chrysler Corporation in 1935. Between 1938 and 1940, Alden B. Dow presented Mr. and Mrs. Keller with several stunning designs for a home on a hill overlooking the St. Clair River in southeastern Michigan. The very first
The residence that Alden B. Dow designed for his cousin, Howard Ball, in 1935 is one of three unit block houses situated near one another on West St. Andrews Road in Midland, Michigan. They are all in close proximity to the Midland Country Club, also designed by Mr. Dow a
Alden B. Dow began the design for a summer home in Midland for James and Elsa Pardee in January 1936, shortly after Mr. Pardee was elected chairman of the board of the Dow Chemical Company. It would be Mr. Dow’s grandest commission and his most expensive unit block house to
In 1946, Alden B. Dow was selected to design the first official residence for Michigan’s governor in the state capital of Lansing. In a letter to the director of the Division of Building Construction, the architect described in detail the residence he envisioned: “The general appearance of the building should
October 7th and 8th We ask that you call the Home and Studio to reserve your spot today 989.839.2744 or Toll Free 866.315.7678 Michigan’s Architect Laureate, Alden B. Dow, designed over 600 structures and the entire City of Lake Jackson, Texas throughout his fifty-year career. In his home town of
As World War II drew to a close, Alden B. Dow actively participated in the design of badly needed low-cost housing. Seeking an efficient and economical way to build homes, the Ingersoll Steel and Disc Division of Borg-Warner Corporation of Kalamazoo produced a prefabricated, all-in-one utility unit that could be
The H.H. Dow High School International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge (ToK) class recently worked on a service project at the Alden B. Dow Home and Studio. Students painted the Unit Block “grape vine wall” in the inner courtyard of the Home and Studio. Architect Alden B. Dow designed 13 structures
Autumn Reflections Tours are now available for reservation. Please call 989.839.2744 to book your tour. Michigan’s Architect Laureate, Alden B. Dow, designed over 600 structures and the entire City of Lake Jackson, Texas throughout his fifty-year career. In his home town of Midland, Michigan there are over 130 structures that
The Alden B. How Home and Studio Will be closed December 24th for Christmas Eve December 25th for Christmas Day December 26th offices closed but 2 pm tour available by reservation December 31 closing at noon January 1-January 23 closed for restoration projects
The Michigan Historic Preservation presents the thirty-Fifth Annual Statewide Preservation Conference at Northwood University. For more information and a full description of Always Seeking Modern go to http://www.michiganmodern.org/
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