Michigan Modern

Recognition of Local Contributions to Modernist Design

The following Kalamazoo area houses and buildings have been recognized by the Michigan Modern Project as significant contributions to modernist design. The MMP has its goals the following:

• Define Michigan’s role in the development of American modernism.
• Rebrand Michigan based on its outstanding design heritage, which is less known but just as influential as its manufacturing heritage.
• Develop a cultural heritage tourism initiative based on Michigan’s modern resources that will draw national and international attention.
• Use the continued vitality of Michigan’s design industry to attract young, talented people to the state.
• Raise awareness of the significance of modern resources and encourage their preservation and reuse.

Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Firm: Alden B. Dow and Associates
Date: 1968

James and Sarah Kirkpatrick House
2104 Sheffield
Firm: George Nelson, Gordon Chadwick
Date: 1958

Robert S. and Dorothy Bowers House
2909 Memory Lane
Firm: Norman F. Carver Jr.
Date: 1961

Charles Starring House
2902 Memory Lane
Firm: Norman F. Carver Jr.
Date: 1961

Frederick J. and Margaret L. Rogers House
2905 Memory Lane
Firm: Norman F. Carver Jr.
Date: 1961

Norman Jr. and Joan Carver House
3201 Lorraine
Firm: Norman F. Carver Jr.
Date: 1955

Carver Center
426 S. Park
Firm: Norman F. Carver Jr.
Date: 1958

Fountain of the Pioneers (Deaccessioned)
Firm: Alfonso Iannelli
Date: 1940

Western Michigan University Kanley Memorial Chapel
Firm: Ralph Calder and Associates
Date: 1953

Max and Lois Doering House
Firm: Edward Durrell Stone
Date: 1945

Dee and Gertrude Williams House
Firm: L. Morgan Yost
Date: 1945

Milo F. and Irma K. McCammon House
112 Crown
Firm: Harwell Hamilton Harris
Date: 1945

Joseph H. and Thelma M. Mitchell House
Firm: Alden B. Dow
Date: 1945

Eric and Zita Snyder House
Firm: Alden B. Dow
Date: 1945

James M. and Margaret I. Wilson House
1111Crown
Firm: Hugh A. Stubbins Jr.
Date: 1945

Daniel D. and Grace D. Gish
1115 Crown
Firm: Hugh A. Stubbins Jr.
Date: 1945

Robert D. & Winifred L. Winn House
Firm: Frank Lloyd Wright 
Date: 1952

Robert and Rae Levin House
Firm: Frank Lloyd Wright
Date: 1948, add. 1960

Eric Brown House
2806 Taliesin
Firm: Frank Lloyd Wright
Date: 1949

Jack J. & Jeanne M. Frey House
Firm: George Sprau
Date: 1960

Ward R. and Helen E. McCartney House
Firm: Frank Lloyd Wright
Date: 1949

Ward B. and Helen McCartney House
Firm: Frank Lloyd Wright
Date: 1947

Kalamazoo Public Library Staff, Ryan Gage, June 2022. Last updated 6 November 2025.