If You Could Own Any House in the City

**southofbloor** · March-19-12, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by p69rrh51

Almon Varney

And hadn't heard of Varney until now - am now intrigued. Appears that he put a book out called "Our homes and their adornments" in 1883. Digitized book is here: http://books.google.ca/books?id=sZLm...page&q&f=false

**p69rrh51** · March-19-12, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by southofbloor

And hadn't heard of Varney until now - am now intrigued. Appears that he put a book out called "Our homes and their adornments" in 1883. Digitized book is here: http://books.google.ca/books?id=sZLm...page&q&f=false

A convert I like it! Some of his other commissions I have been able to find. Unfortunately many of his designs have been long lost. His book is also available at the Main Library on Woodward in the Burton Collection.

325 South Old Woodward built in 1878 Birmingham, MI.
71 West Hancock built in 1888 Detroit, MI.
3914 Trumbull built in 1890 Woodbridge Historic District Detroit, MI.
650 West Hancock built in 1891 Warren-Prentis Historic District Detroit, MI.
3975 Cass Avenue built in 1891 Culteral Center Detroit, MI.
445 West Forest built in 1892 Warren-Prentis Historic District Detroit, MI.
4614 Cass Avenue built in 1895 Cultural Center, Detroit, MI.
4852-4856 Commonwealth built in 1902 Woodbridge Historic District Detroit, MI.
Jerome H. Remick & Company Building 1250 Library Street built in 1907 Detroit, MI.
1517 Iroquios built in 1912 Indian Village Historic District Detroit, MI.
1744 Seminole built in 1914 Indian Village Historic District Detroit, MI.
2911 Iroquios built in 1915 Indian Village Historic District Detroit, MI.

**southofbloor** · March-20-12, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by p69rrh51

1517 Iroquios built in 1912 Indian Village Historic District Detroit, MI.

1517 is one of Detroit's greats - Voysey-esque. http://www.flickr.com/photos/southof...57623397742713

**p69rrh51** · March-20-12, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by southofbloor

1517 is one of Detroit's greats - Voysey-esque. http://www.flickr.com/photos/southof...57623397742713

Much better pic those pesky trees keep getting in the way. I have to take a pic before the leaves arrive.
Gistok, buckeyes admit to a gander designing one of their treasures the world would end! And while I am picking on those "poor" buckeyes Trinity Episcopal Church in Columbus is a Gordon Lloyd creation.

**Gistok** · March-20-12, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by p69rrh51

Gistok, buckeyes admit to a gander designing one of their treasures the world would end!

LOL.... isn't that the truth!! The real irony about the Leveque-Lincoln Tower is that it has a theatre in it [[such as the Fisher Bldg.). However the theatre was going to be a "Palace Theatre"... part of the Orpheum chain... later Radio Keith Orpheum or RKO. And so the Palace folks wanted their architect of choice... Thomas Lamb to design their theatre. Lamb was still in his "Adams" style [[of the Scottish architect fame)... and his theatres were still of a very subdued ho-hum same style of elegance as 10 years earlier...

By 1926 Crane was already on his way with his United Artists exotic commissions followed by his Fox commissions. So had the building had a Crane theatre, it would have been much more exotic than the "elegant but simple" Palace Theatres.