Malcomson and Higginbotham was an architectural firm started in the nineteenth century and based in Detroit, Michigan. A successor firm, Malcomson-Greimel and Associates, still exists in Rochester, Michigan as of 2010.

History

Architects William G. Malcomson and William E. Higginbotham formed a partnership in 1890.[1]

The firm was retained by the Detroit Board of Education in 1895,[1] and between 1895 and 1923 had designed over 75% of the school buildings in Detroit.[2] The firm remained in business under various names until the present.

William G. Malcomson (left) and William E. Higginbotham

William G. Malcomson

William George Malcomson was born in 1856 in Hamilton, Ontario.[3] He began his architectural career early, and in 1875 supervised the construction of the Henry Langley-designed Erie Street United Church in Ridgetown, Ontario.[4] In 1882, Malcomson married Jennie E. McKinlay of Ridgetown, Ontario; the couple had five children. William G. Malcomson died in 1937.[5]

William E. Higginbotham

William E. Higginbotham was born in 1858 in Detroit.[3] He was educated in the Detroit public schools, and at the age of 19 joined the architectural form of J. V. Smith.[1] He married Nettie M. Morphy in 1892; the couple had two children:[3] a daughter, Doris Higginbotham (born 26 February 1893, Detroit; died 3 July 1983, Lafayette, LA) and a son, Bruce Field Higginbotham (born 1895, Detroit; died 1939, Atlanta, GA). William E. Higginbotham died in 1923.[1]

Other principals and architects

List of structures designed by Malcomson and Higginbotham

Old Main, Wayne State University, 1895
Starkweather Hall, Eastern Michigan University, 1896
All buildings are located in Detroit, unless otherwise indicated.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Detroit Board of Education (1922). The Detroit educational bulletin, Volume 18, Issues 1-2. p. 23.
  2. ^ "An Honor and an Ornament: Public School Buildings in Michigan" (PDF). Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries. September 2003. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c Mannausa & Weber (1907). The government of the city of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan: 1701 to 1907, historical and biographical, illustrated. pp. 174–177.
  4. ^ "Chatham-Kent". Architectural Conservancy of Ontario. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  5. ^ Detroit engineer, vol. 2–3, Engineering Society of Detroit, 1937
  6. ^ James W. Tottis (2008), The Guardian Building: cathedral of finance, Wayne State University Press, p. 14, ISBN 0-8143-3385-0
  7. ^ "American Architect's Directory, 1956" (PDF). p. 416. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  8. ^ "Mosher-Jordan Halls". Bentley Historical Library. Archived from the original on August 19, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  9. ^ a b c "American Architect's Directory, 1956" (PDF). p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  10. ^ Michigan Society of Architects (1953), Bulletin of the Michigan Society of Architects, vol. 27, The Society
  11. ^ "Karl Greimel, noted dean of architecture". Detroit News. April 26, 2000.
  12. ^ 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. P. 128.
  13. ^ Hill and Gallagher, 2002, p. 142.

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