Claire Allen


Image:Pawpawcourthouse.jpg|thumb|190px|Van Buren County Courthouse in Paw Paw, Michigan.

Image:Lee County Savings Bank.jpg|thumb|190px|Lee County Savings Bank in Fort Madison, Iowa
Claire Allen was an American architect prominent in southern Michigan in the early twentieth century, and best known for designing several county courthouses. He was considered a "master regional architect".
Allen moved to Jackson as a young man, and practiced architecture there for 52 years. He established the architectural firm of Claire Allen & Sons. Some 100 structures are attributed to him. His firm designed numerous examples of American neoclassical architecture and Colonial Revival buildings in Michigan and Iowa, but had a range that encompassed Beaux-Arts Classical and Jacobean Revival styles as well.

Works

Some buildings designed by Allen include:
WorkImagePlaceYearHistoricMapNotes
Jackson, Michigan1932Now Consumers Energy's headquarters -
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan1911
Clock Tower BuildingChelsea, Michigan1907
Glazier, George P., Memorial BuildingChelsea, Michigan1901-1902Constructed to house the Chelsea Savings Bank
Methodist Episcopal ChurchChelsea, Michigan1899First United Methodist Church -
Welfare BuildingChelsea, Michigan1906
Corunna, Michigan1903Now called the Surbeck Building
Hudson, Michigan
Jackson, Michigan1929
Jackson, Michigan1908
Jackson, Michigan1908City of Jackson RegisteredCurrently being renovated for the Jackson School of the Arts -
The Ida Stiles Memorial ChurchJackson, Michigan1895
Rochester, Michigan1889
Hillsdale County, Michigan1898-1899
Gratiot County, Michigan1902
Ionia County, Michigan1885Claire Allen was the contractor on this building
Jackson County, Michigan1927-1928City of Jackson Registered
Shiawassee County, Michigan1903-1906
Van Buren County Courthouse[Image:Pawpawcourthouse.jpg|thumb|100px]Van Buren County, Michigan1901
Paw Paw, Michigan1920
St. Joseph County, Michigan1905
Jackson, Michigan1904
Ionia County, Michigan1889Also known as Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railway Depot
Kalamazoo, Michigan1907-1908
Lee County Savings Bank[Image:Lee County Savings Bank.jpg|thumb|100px]Fort Madison, IowaFort Madison Downtown Commercial Historic District
Clinton County Courthouse[Image:The Clinton County Courthouse.jpg|thumb|100px]Clinton, Iowa1892-1897

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