Claire Allen

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Claire Allen (born July 29, 1853 in Pontiac , Michigan , United States ; † December 22, 1942 in Jackson , Michigan, United States) was a prominent architect in southern Michigan at the beginning of the 20th century . He was the head of the architecture firm Claire Allen & Sons and worked as an architect in Jackson for 52 years.

As a young man, he was a construction worker and contractor, and as such was involved in the construction of the Ionia County Court House, a school in Dexter , Michigan, and numerous houses and other buildings in Belding and Ionia, and the Belding Brothers textile mill. Some of the courthousees that Allen designed for county governments are examples of American neoclassical architecture, but Allen also designed numerous structures in the Colonial Revival style .

Works

A selection of his works is:

plant	image	place	year	Card link	Remarks
The Post Office ( Memento from February 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive )		Jackson , Michigan	1932	Map	now the seat of the energy supplier Consumers Energy Post Office History
Glazier Office Building ( Memento from October 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )		Ann Arbor , Michigan		Map
Armory Building		Ann Arbor , Michigan	1911	Map
Clock Tower Building		Chelsea , Michigan	1907	Map	Michigan State Historic Site
George P. Glazier Memorial Building		Chelsea , Michigan	1901-1902	Map	now called Michigan State Historic Site, was once built as the Chelsea Savings Bank
Methodist Episcopal Church		Chelsea , Michigan	1899	Map	First United Methodist Church - Church History
Welfare building		Chelsea , Michigan	1906	Map	Michigan State Historic Site
First National Bank		Corunna , Michigan	1903	Map	known today as the Surbeck Building, classified as a Michigan Stae Historic Site
Hudson Public Library ( October 6, 2011 memento in the Internet Archive )		Hudson , Michigan		Map
Cascades Manor House		Jackson , Michigan	1929	Map	Cascades Manor House History ( Memento from August 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Jackson Friendly Home		Jackson , Michigan	1908	Map	Jackson Friendly Home History ( January 7, 2009 memento on the Internet Archive )
Jackson Masonic Temple		Jackson , Michigan	1908	Map	currently used as a showroom for furniture - Masonic Temple History
The Ida Stiles Memorial Church		Jackson , Michigan	1895		The Ida Stiles Memorial Church Article
Avon School District No. 5 schoolhouse		Rochester , Michigan	1889	Map	Michigan State Historic Site
Hillsdale County Courthouse		Hillsdale County , Michigan	1898-1899	Map	Michigan State Historic Site , National Register of Historic Places
Gratiot County Courthouse		Gratiot County , Michigan	1902	Map	Michigan State Historic Site , National Register of Historic Places
Ionia County Courthouse		Ionia County , Michigan	1885	Map	Claire Allen was the contractor for the construction, Michigan State Historic Site , National Register of Historic Places
Jackson County Courthouse		Jackson County , Michigan	1927-1928	Map	Courthouse History ( Memento from December 1, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
Shiawassee County Courthouse		Shiawassee County , Michigan	1903-1906	Map	Michigan State Historic Site , National Register of Historic Places
Van Buren County Courthouse		Van Buren County , Michigan	1901	Map	Michigan State Historic Site , National Register of Historic Places
Paw Paw Library		Paw Paw , Michigan	1920	Map	Michigan State Historic Site
Mendon Township Library		St. Joseph County , Michigan	1905	Map	Michigan State Historic Site
Berthold Rummler House		Jackson , Michigan	1904	Map	Michigan State Historic Site
Lake Odessa Depot		Ionia County , Michigan	1889	Map	also known as Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railway Depot, Michigan State Historic Site
The Rickman Hotel		Kalamazoo , Michigan	1907-1908	Map	National Register of Historic Places
Lee County Savings Bank		Fort Madison , Iowa		Map	Fort Madison Downtown Commercial Historic District
Clinton County Courthouse		Clinton , Iowa	1892-1897	Map	History ( Memento from January 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) photo

cards

• Claire Allen buildings in Chelsea, Michigan
• Claire Allen buildings in Jackson, Michigan
• Buildings by Claire Allen in Michigan
• Claire Allen buildings in Iowa

Web links

Photos

• 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

Web article

• Information about Claire Allen
• Jackson Downtown Survey - pdf ( Memento from October 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Grand Ledge History ( Memento from August 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

supporting documents

1. ↑ State Registered ( Memento from March 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Michigan State Historic Site ( June 6, 2011 memento on the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} The wondrous works of Claire Allen, architect