Louis Kamper
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Louis Kamper (11 March 1861 – 24 February 1953[1]) was an American architect, active in and around Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan, in the United States.
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[edit] Project range
Louis Kamper designed the Book Tower, Book Cadillac Hotel, and the Water Board Building, among other public comissions. His residential architectural projects include the Châteauesque style Col. Frank J. Hecker House in Detroit[2], and the Italian Renaissance Revival style Murray Sales House (1917) in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.[3].
Louis Kamper styled the four architectural sculptures above the Michigan Avenue entrance to the Book-Cadillac Hotel which are from left to right: Anthony Wayne, Antoine Cadillac, Chief Pontiac, and Robert Navarre.[4]
[edit] List of Louis Kamper designed buildings
Buildings designed by Louis Kamper include:
- Col. Frank J. Hecker House (1888) - Detroit
- Marvin M. Stanton Home "The Castle" (1898) - 530 Parkview, (Berry Subdivision) Detroit
- Detroit International Fair and Exposition Building (1889) - made entirely of wood
- Hecker - Smiley Mansion (1889 Architectural Plans) (completed 1892)
- Hugo Scherer summer home (1898)
- Kamper Residence (1910)
- Book Estate (1911)
- Roseland Park Mausoleum (1914)
- Book Tower (1916) - Detroit
- Book Tower (1926) - Detroit
- New Book Tower (81 stories) (1929) - design unbuilt
- Eighth Precinct Police Station (1916) - Detroit
- Murray Sales Mansion (1917) - 251 Lincoln, Grosse Pointe, Michigan
- Cornelius Ray Mansion (1917)
- Cadillac Square Building (Real Estate Building) (1918) - Detroit
- Washington Boulevard Building (1922–1923) - Detroit
- Carleton Plaza Hotel (1923)
- Book Cadillac Hotel (1924) - four sculptures above the Michigan Avenue entrance to the Book-Cadillac Hotel
- Park Avenue House (1924) - Detroit
- Eddystone Hotel (1924) - Detroit
- Royal Palm Hotel (became Park Avenue Hotel) (1924) - Detroit
- Consolidated Bank Building (1926) - Detroit
- Industrial Bank Building (Stevens Apartments) (1928)
- Water Board Building (1928) - Detroit
- Eaton Tower (David Broderick Tower) (1928)
- John R. Sutton, Jr & Paula Kling Sutton Residence (1931) - 175 Merriweather, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
[edit] Notes
- ^ Louis Kamper at Find-A-Grave, Retrieved on July 8, 2009
- ^ NPS: Hecker House
- ^ Murray Sales House, 251 Lincoln, Grosse Pointe, altered from the original design.
[edit] References and further reading
- Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3.
- Louis Kamper. Emporis. Retrieved on 2007/10/10.
[edit] External links
Some Detroit edifices designed by Louis Kamper:
- Book Cadillac Hotel
- National Park Service: Colonel Frank Hecker House
- "The Castle" - Marvin M Stanton Home
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