Detroit's wealth of architectural talent!

**Patrick** · August-18-12, 08:06 PM

The Wm. P. Hamilton home AKA "The Cloisters" no idea who the architect was, but I got this image from forumer AIW a long time ago.

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**Patrick** · August-18-12, 08:07 PM

CC Wormer home/411 Rivard GP/design by Dwight Allen
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**Patrick** · August-18-12, 08:08 PM

Harry N. Torrey "cottage"
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**Patrick** · August-18-12, 08:09 PM

CC Smith home by J. Ivan Dise [[GP)
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**Patrick** · August-18-12, 08:11 PM

Frank Melin residence/505 E. Boston [[no idea about the designer)
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**Patrick** · August-18-12, 08:12 PM

Some Kamper renderings for the Book Tower project
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**Patrick** · August-18-12, 08:13 PM

Kamper Detroit Bank HQ rendering
Kamper Blvd Bank plans
Seward Apts [[Kamper)

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**Patrick** · August-18-12, 08:15 PM

Scans from a DetNews article about the Standish Backus mansion in GP. it was designed by Ralph Adams Cram with Robert O. Derrick.

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**Patrick** · August-18-12, 08:17 PM

Chesbrough Mansion in GP/circa 1915
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**Patrick** · August-18-12, 08:18 PM

More Donaldson and Meier designs
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**Patrick** · August-18-12, 08:19 PM

Michigan Yacht Club by D and M-Belle Isle
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**Patrick** · August-18-12, 08:22 PM

A bunch of random news clippings focusing on the auction at Rose Terrace in the early 70s.

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**Patrick** · August-18-12, 08:23 PM

Article scans from paper regarding the William Fisher mansion fire back in 1994 [[Palmer Woods)
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**p69rrh51** · August-18-12, 08:25 PM

A few more sketches from Bloodgood Tuttle.

**p69rrh51** · August-18-12, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by Patrick

Chesbrough Mansion in GP/circa 1915
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273 Lakeshore designed by John Stahl for Frank Chesbrough. Another image from the Western Architect.

**Patrick** · August-18-12, 08:30 PM

I re-scanned a bunch of old articles and things that I had laying around. I lost...er...damaged my one main ext/ drive with several thousand pictures and scans, so I begin new [[from 600 miles away lol).

**Patrick** · August-18-12, 08:32 PM

I got the Kamper images/scans from a brochure he had put out in 1929. Most architects had them as a sort of PR tool used to reel in the big fish. Hugh T. Keyes had one as did George Mason, Albert Kahn and Richard Marr. I've also seen several from Willeke and Baldwin/Stratton.

**p69rrh51** · August-18-12, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by Patrick

CC Wormer home/411 Rivard GP/design by Dwight Allen
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Patrick thx for the info on the D. A. Wright design. I have been trying to find out the architect of the home for a long time. Although its address is 93 Cloverly in Grosse Pointe Farms. I will take an image of the dwelling tomorrow and post it for you.

**p69rrh51** · August-18-12, 08:54 PM

A design by Paul Tilde.

19140 Woodston built in 1936 Palmer Woods Historic Distrcit Detroit, MI.

**p69rrh51** · August-18-12, 09:15 PM

A Jacob I. Weinberg design.

441-443 East Ferry built in 1922 East Ferry Historic District Detroit, MI.

**p69rrh51** · August-18-12, 09:17 PM

A William F. Dow design.

578 Barrington built in 1936 Grosse Pointe Park, MI.

**Patrick** · August-18-12, 09:20 PM

I have more article scans from the Wm. Fisher mansion fire....will attach soon.

**p69rrh51** · August-18-12, 09:24 PM

Originally Posted by Patrick

TP Stephens home/529 E. Boston/Detroit, MI
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Designed by Hugh B. Clement a fairly recent image.

**Patrick** · August-18-12, 09:29 PM

Do you know anything about the Charles Helin mansion? It burned ages ago and one of America's largest "butterfly" collections was lost. I guess afterwards, Helin rented or bought the William Fisher home in PW. I think a firefighter died fighting the blaze too...it may have been built originally by a Buhl.

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedi...park-149246302

**Neilr** · August-18-12, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by Patrick

Stormfeltz residence/E. Boston-Detroit, MI
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Patrick, the original photographer misaddressed this house. It is 803 West Boston Blvd. on the sw corner of Third.

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Later on, for many years it was the home of Detroit architect Nathan Johnson who designed one house [[that I know of) in Boston-Edison and a number of houses in the Russell Woods neighborhood.