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...
In addition to housing the drawings, project files, photographs and other materials that document the architecture of Alden B. Dow, the Archives also contain a number of rare art and architecture books and print collections that were acquired by Mr. Dow over the...
Now through the end of February, visitors to the Alden B. Dow Home and Studio will have the opportunity to view an extensive selection of rarely-seen original sketches and small drawings on display in the Second Drafting Room. From a very early age, Alden B. Dow...
Designed by Alden B. Dow in 1966, Greenhills School is situated on a 30-acre estate known as “Greenhills” by its former owner, the Earhart family, just north of the Huron River. The initial program analysis for the building was based on a potential maximum...
In 1963 the president of Duke University, Douglas M. Knight, approached Alden B. Dow with a request for a home. Completed in 1966, the low-slung home is nestled into the edge of a beautiful forest on 436 acres. Project documents indicate a house of 10,655 square...
In June of 1962 Dr. Joe Morris, an Ann Arbor physician, wrote a letter to Alden B. Dow to ask if he would design a house for his family. He was encouraged to write that letter by Dr. Harry Towsley, the architect’s brother-in-law and from whom he had received his...