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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.
“Greetings from Kalamazoo, Michigan” postcard, c. 1955

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

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

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

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

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

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

Carver Center
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
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
Firm: Hugh A. Stubbins Jr.
Date: 1945

Daniel D. and Grace D. Gish
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
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

Sources

Online

Modern Michigan

Local History Room Files

Subject File: Wright, Frank Lloyd

Name File: Carver, Norman F. Jr.

Name File: Sprau, George Sr.

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