Projects
Houses for Ingersoll Village by Alden B. Dow
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow 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...
Houses for the Ethyl-Dow Chemical Company by Alden B. Dow
Location: Cape Fear, North Carolina Architect: Alden B. Dow In the early 1930s, the Dow Chemical Company partnered with the Ethyl Gasoline Company to build a plant to extract bromine from seawater off the coast of North Carolina. Although bromine had a number of...
Dow Chemical Company 2020 Building by Alden B. Dow
Location: Midland, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow A recent Facebook post about the University of Michigan Administration Building and its demolition prompted an interesting observation about how “un-Dow-like” the design of the building appeared. While the...
Demolition of the University of Michigan Administration Building
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow During the 1950s and 1960s, Alden B. Dow built six university and three civic buildings in Ann Arbor. Perhaps his most unusual campus building was the University of Michigan Administration Building, which he...
Nelson Street School/Parkdale Elementary School by Alden B. Dow
Location: Midland, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow While the initial site plan for Midland High School was being sketched by Alden B. Dow in December of 1953, one corner of the same 60-acre plot of land was soon to become the location of Nelson Street Elementary...
Northeast Elementary/Plymouth Elementary School by Alden B. Dow
Location: Midland, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow Alden B. Dow began the drawings for Northeast Elementary School in December of 1951. It had a simple floorplan of five classrooms, an office, and a work room lined up on either side of a single corridor. It...
Alden B. Dow’s Kalamazoo Nature Center Gets a New Dome
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow After protecting the Sun/Rain Room for nearly six decades, the Kalamazoo Nature Center’s iconic dome and roof are being replaced. Designed by Alden B. Dow in 1961 and opened to the public in September 1964, the...
The Ralph E. Oberlin, Jr. Residence by Alden B. Dow
Location: Canton, Ohio Architect: Alden B. Dow Alden B. Dow’s only residential structure to be built in Ohio is the Ralph E. Oberlin, Jr. residence in Canton. Mr. Oberlin was president of Igelstroem-Oberlin, Inc., an outdoor signage, banner, and poster printing...
Dr. Mark W. Dick Residence by Alden B. Dow
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow Dr. Mark Dick and his wife, Dr. Louise Schnute, were pediatricians practicing in Grand Rapids when they wrote to Alden B. Dow in March 1955 to ask if he would design a home for them. Dr. Schnute had first...
Indian River Catholic Church by Alden B. Dow
Location: Indian River, Michigan Architect: Alden B. Dow Nestled among tall pines and set into a sloping lot overlooking Burt Lake in northern Michigan, Indian River Catholic Church was designed by Alden B. Dow in 1948. Very little documentation exists aside from...
