The Places



Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, photo by Steve Vorderman.
1300 Lafayette East
People: Birkerts & Straub
City: Detroit
Date built: 1963
Abraham and Dorothy Becker House
City: Huntington Woods
Date built: 1951
Alan Schwartz Summer House, Northville. Photograph courtesy Joseph Messana Architectural Image Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries.
Alan Schwartz Summer House
People: Birkerts & Straub
City: Northville
Date built: 1961
Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, photo by Rob Yallop.
Albert C. and Elizabeth Furstenberg House
People: George Bickford Brigham, Architect
City: Ann Arbor
Date built: 1952
Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, photo by Steve Vorderman.
Alden B. Dow Home and Studio
People: Alden B. Dow Architect
City: Midland
Date built: 1934-1941
Alden W. & Helen Hanson House, Alden B. Dow, 1934. Michigan State Historic Preservation Office File Photo.
Alden W. & Helen Hanson House
People: Alden B. Dow Architect
City: Midland
Date built: 1934
Photo courtesy of Starr Commonwealth.
American Concrete Institute Building
City: Detroit
Date built: 1958
Amy Alpaugh House, Northport. Courtesy of the Joseph Messana Architectural Image Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries.
Amy Alpaugh House
City: Northport
Date built: 1947
Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, photo by Todd Walsh
Andrew F. Nagy House
People: Tivadar Balogh
City: Ann Arbor
Date built: 1967
Ann Arbor Christian Reformed Church
People: James P. Wong Associates
City: Ann Arbor
Date built: 1962
Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, photo by Rob Yallop.
Arthur Beckwith House
People: Meathe, Kessler & Associates
City: Farmington Hills
Date built: 1960
Berrien County Courthouse, Saint Joseph. Postcard view.
Berrien County Courthouse
People: Shaw, Metz & Associates
City: Saint Joseph
Date built: 1966
Michigan State Historic Preservation Office. Photo by Todd Walsh.
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
People: Brysselbout-Starke-Hacker-Simon & Associates
City: Midland
Date built: 1967
Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, photo by Rob Yallop.
Bower Theater - Flint Youth Theater
People: Mackenzie, Knuth & Klein
City: Flint
Date built: 1957
C. Donald and Betty Price House
People: Kenneth C. Black Associates
City: East Lansing
Date built: 1946
Calvary Baptist Church, Detroit. Image courtesy of Anthony Lockhart.
Calvary Baptist Church
People: Gunnar Birkerts & Associates
City: Detroit
Date built: 1977
Calvin A. & Alta Koch Campbell House, Alden B. Dow, 1940. Michigan State Historic Preservation Office File Photo.
Calvin A. & Alta (Koch) Campbell House
People: Alden B. Dow Architect
City: Midland
Date built: 1940
Carl F. and Eva List House
People: Richard Neutra
City: East Grand Rapids
Date built: 1961
Carl Schultz House, Saint Joseph. Courtesy of the Joseph Messana Architectural Image Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries.
Carl Schultz House
City: Saint Joseph
Date built: 1957
Carlton D. & Margaret Wall House ("Snowflake"), Plymouth. Michigan State Historic Preservation Office.
Carlton D. and Margaret Wall House
City: Plymouth
Date built: 1941
Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, photo by Rob Yallop.
Carver Center
People: Norman F. Carver, Jr.
City: Kalamazoo
Date built: 1958
Cathedral of Christ the King, Portage. Courtesy of the Joseph Messana Architectural Image Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries.
Cathedral of Christ the King
People: Irving W. Colburn
City: Portage
Date built: 1968
Postcard view of Central Church Of The Nazarene, Flint.
Central Church of the Nazarene
People: Jack S. Friedman
City: Flint
Date built: 1961
Charles & Mary (Kempf) Penhaligen House, Alden B. Dow, 1941. Michigan State Historic Preservation Office File Photo.
Charles & Mary (Kempf) Penhaligen House
People: Alden B. Dow Architect
City: Midland
Date built: 1941
Charles and Grace Bachman House
People: Alden B. Dow Architect
City: East Lansing
Date built: 1937
Charles F. Reed Residence
People: Alden B. Dow, Inc.
City: Houston
Date built: 1958
Charles J. & Ingrid V. Koebel House, Grosse Pointe Farms. Photo by Andrew Jameson via Wikipedia.
Charles J. & Ingrid V. Koebel House
People: Saarinen & Saarinen Associates
City: Grosse Pointe Farms
Date built: 1940
Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, photo by Rob Yallop.
Charles Starring House
People: Norman F. Carver, Jr.
City: Kalamazoo
Date built: 1961
Charlevoix County Courthouse
People: R. S. Gerganoff, Architect
City: Charlevoix
Date built: 1956
Cheboygan County Courthouse
People: Stoyan "Steve" T. Gerganoff
City: Cheboygan
Date built: 1968

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