Born to a baker and orphaned at age 12, Florence Schust grew up in Saginaw, Michigan. She demonstrated an early interest in architecture and was enrolled at the Kingswood School for Girls, adjacent to the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan....
It has always been inspiring to learn about the passions and interests Alden B. Dow and Vada B. Dow explored throughout their lives. As inquisitive humans, their passion to learn, grow and understand the world around them only increased with time. This need to...
In 1960, the citizens of Ann Arbor approved a $2.3 million bond for the construction of a new city hall. Alden B. Dow was selected as the architect and began the design of this important civic project that year. When it opened in the summer of 1963, it had a...
Between 1936 and 1960, Alden B. Dow designed a number of projects located in the city of Mt. Pleasant, some 30 miles from his Home and Studio in Midland. Three residential projects were built. Six projects were never built but presentation drawings and, in some...
Between 1936 and 1960, Alden B. Dow designed eight projects located in the city of Mt. Pleasant, some 30 miles from his Home and Studio in Midland. Three of the projects were built and five were never built. All three of the completed projects were residences....
Between 1936 and 1960, Alden B. Dow designed several projects located in the city of Mt. Pleasant, some 30 miles from his Home and Studio in Midland. Just three of the projects were built and all were residences, the first being the William F. Brown residence in...
Between 1936 and 1960, Alden B. Dow designed eight projects located in the city of Mt. Pleasant, some 30 miles from his Home and Studio in Midland. Three of the projects were built and five were never built. All three of the completed projects were residences....
Originally scheduled to run during the month of March, the opportunity to view Alden B. Dow’s Lanterns, Towers & Spires has been extended through August in the Second Drafting Room of the Home and Studio. Visitors are welcome to view the display before or after...
On the night of July 24, 1942, a fire broke out inside the entrance to the Alden B. Dow Studio. The book Alden B. Dow: Midwestern Modern by Diane Maddex includes a description of the fire, but pictures of the aftermath are rarely seen. In photographs found in the...
The Robert Bennett residence, a mid-century modern classic designed by Alden B. Dow, is currently on the market. Please contact Badger Beall, the listing agent with Ayre-Rhinehart Realtors, at (989) 698-1243 or bbeall@ARhouse.com. Robert Bennett was Alden B. Dow’s...
Alden B. Dow finished the plans for this modest and compact three-bedroom residence in late summer 1934, with construction completed in July of 1935. It was designed for his brother-in-law, Alden Hanson, a physicist for the Dow Chemical Company. It was Mr. Dow’s...
When developing the site plan for Muskegon Community College in 1963, Alden B. Dow marked off a 122-acre section of wooded and hilly creek land and designed the campus around and on top of a stream that meanders through its entire length.