Showing posts with label Michigan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michigan. Show all posts

Thursday, June 26, 2014

The J. Brooks Nichols Estate

 The J. Brooks Nichols estate designed by Chittenden & Kotting c. 1915 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Nichols was a director of the U.S. Radiator Corp. and treasurer and director of Detroit Princess Manufacturing Co.  It is unknown if the house is extant.


Photos from Architecture, 1915.

Friday, April 26, 2013

The Howard E. Coffin Residence

The Howard Earle Coffin residence designed by Albert Kahn c. 1910 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.  Coffin, an engineer, was a co-founder of the Hudson Motor Car Company.  It is unknown if the house is extant.

Photos from Architecture, 1912.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

'Drybrook'

'Drybrook', the Truman Handy Newberry estate designed by Trowbridge & Ackerman c. 1914 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, with landscaping by William Pitkin Jr. Newberry was a businessman, Secretary of the Navy (1908-1909) and U.S. Senator from Michigan (1919-1922). In 1921 he was convicted under the Federal Corrupt Policies Act though the conviction was later overturned by the Supreme Court. He was offered to return to the Senate but ultimately resigned. 'Drybrook' was listed No. 8 on Henry Saylor's Twelve Best Country Houses in America from Country Life, 1916. The home has since been demolished.









Photos from Architecture, 1915.