Jean M. Fox. Marcus Burrowes English Revival Architect. Farmington Hills Historical Commission, 1992.
1 | MARCUS BURROWES English Revival Architect By Jean M. Fox Mo |
2 | MARCUS BURROWES (1874-1953) English Revival Architect By Je |
3 | Marcus Robinson Burrowes (1874 -1953) |
4 | Marcus R. Burrowes (1874-1953) Farmington's rolling hills a |
5 | building with rotunda, on Wellington Street. This building |
6 | was the architect for the large residence for H. R. Dingwel |
7 | children.) With seating for 400, the Theatre became the sum |
8 | "Burrowes built right into the land whenever possible," Whi |
9 | they include the homes of A. L. McCarthy, on Hamilton Drive |
10 | Residence of Mr. Ralph II. Booth, Grosse Pointe, Michigan E |
11 | A home built for Berrien C. Eaton on Bishop Road is of stuc |
12 | FIVE FARMINGTON RESIDENCES In Farmington, five homes bear t |
13 | Revival architecture, built his own home in French Country |
14 | Marcus Burrowes' own home built in Farminglon in 1924 on th |
15 | A year or so later "Windy Hill," a clapboard Colonial Reviv |
16 | Named "Biddestone" for the Wiltshire antecedent, the Americ |
17 | touches in a Burrowes-designed home which have endeared the |
18 | * There is a certain restfulness and charm about a house of |
19 | houses of England. The interior has excellent light for rea |
20 | The Redford Village Hall, 1928; then the Redford Branch of |
21 | "He was president of the Library Commission at the time of |
22 | Parkman's Conspiracy of Pontiac (1851) is especially import |
23 | CIVIC ARCHITECTURE Burrowes has left his imprint on many ot |
24 | of Detroit. William B. Stratton was the husband of Mary Cha |
25 | The two story building, erected in 1921-2 was of brick in E |
26 | Unfortunately, the City of Birmingham treasured not what it |
27 | STARR COMMONWEALTH BUILDINGS Brueckner Aluselrn Payne lFami |
28 | STARR COMMONWEALTH BUILDINGS Reynolds Cottage Webster Hall |
29 | STARR COMMONWEALTH BUILDINGS Norton Collage EImily Jewel Cl |
30 | In the course of this growth eleven of the buildings on the |
31 | ancestral home. Rounded stone arches, recessed doors and wi |
32 | PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS Burrowes was a tall man, 6' 2", we |
33 | of the American Institute of Architects in 1916-17; vice-pr |
34 | turn the vision of his clients to a more refined, more endu |
35 | BIBLIOGRAPHY A Monograph of the Recent Work of Marcus R. Bu |
36 | NOTES 1) Robert G. Hill, editor, The Biographical Dictionar |
37 | 15) Woodford, Frank. Pamassus on Main Street. Wayne State U |
38 | 29) Ibid. See also brochure on Chapel in the Woods, pp 42-3 |