Howard Ball House
Location1411 W. St. Andrews, Midland, Michigan
Coordinates43°37′29″N 84°14′37″W / 43.62472°N 84.24361°W / 43.62472; -84.24361 (Howard Ball House)
Arealess than one acre
Built1935 (1935)
Built byW.R. Collinson
ArchitectAlden B. Dow
Architectural styleInternational Style
MPSResidential Architecture of Alden B. Dow in Midland 1933--1938 MPS
NRHP reference No.89001432[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 4, 1989


The Howard Ball House is a single-family home located at 1411 West St. Andrews Street in Midland, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

History

Howard Ball was an employee in the sales department at Dow Chemical Company. In 1935, he purchased a lot in a newly developed area at one end of the local golf course. Ball hired architect Alden B. Dow (his cousin)[2] to design this house, and contractor W.R. Collinson to build it. Construction began in the summer of 1935, and was completed the next year. An addition was constructed in 1938.[3]

Description

The Howard Ball House is a split level unit block structure, made from several rectangular elements pieced together. A corner of the living room, containing tall windows with prominent wooden mullions, projects outward toward the street. The remainder of the front of the house is a broad stucco wall, beyond which is another window grouping set behind the main elevation. Wooden fascia extends horizontally beyond the house into the carport and onto a separate garage. The garage, although a separate structure, is stylistically and visually tied to the house. A narrow window course sits above the main level at the rear of the house, and is part of the addition.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Howard Ball Residence by Alden B. Dow". Alden B. Dow Home and Studio. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  3. 1 2 Robert G. Waite (March 1989), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Howard Ball House
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