- Claire Allen
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This article is about the Michigan architect. For the cornetist, see Claire Allen (musician).
Chelsea Clock Tower Building *More Images
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Lee County Savings Bank *More ImagesClaire Allen (Born July 29, 1853 in Pontiac, Michigan, USA – Died December 22, 1942 in Jackson, Michigan, USA) was a prominent southern Michigan architect of the early twentieth century. He was head of the firm of Claire Allen & Sons and had practiced architecture in Jackson for 52 years.
When Allen was younger he was a contractor and builder, working on such things as the Ionia County Court House, a school in Dexter, Michigan, and many houses and buildings in Belding and Ionia, as well as the Belding Brothers silk Mills. Some of the county courthouses Allen created are great examples of the American neoclassical architecture style. He also created many buildings in the colonial revival style.
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Works
Some buildings designed by Allen include:
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- Claire Allen Buildings in Chelsea, Michigan[1]
- Claire Allen Buildings in Jackson, Michigan[1]
- Claire Allen Buildings in Michigan[1]
- Claire Allen Buildings in Iowa[1]
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Photos
Books
- Buildings in Jackson
- Buildings of Michigan
- Ionia County, Michigan
- Illustrations of a few public and private buildings, the work of Claire Allen, architect.
- Our Hometown: America's History, As Seen Through the Eyes of a Midwestern Village
- Lansing
- Traveling Through Time
- The wondrous works of Claire Allen, architect
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Categories:- 1853 births
- 1942 deaths
- Architects from Michigan
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