Detroit's Palace Architect: Louis Kamper
Author, photographer and architectural historian Dale A. Carlson talks about architect Louis Kamper on Saturday, December 5, at 2 p.m. at the Detroit Historical Museum in Detroit. Admission is free.
Louis Kamper came to Detroit around 1887 as an agent for New York's McKim, Mead & White, hoping to land the commission for Frank J. Hecker's mansion. The house still stands at 5510 Woodward Avenue. It was ultimately designed by Scott, Kamper & Scott, the firm Kamper formed soon after settling here for good.
Carlson walks through Kamper's surviving work, including the Roseland Park Cemetery Mausoleum in Berkley, the Book-Cadillac Hotel and the recently renovated Book Tower, along with the stories behind them. The talk runs until 3:30 p.m. and is part of an architecture lecture series. Next up are Spier & Rohns on January 16 and Nathan Johnson on February 20.
Carlson walks through Kamper's surviving work, including the Roseland Park Cemetery Mausoleum in Berkley, the Book-Cadillac Hotel and the recently renovated Book Tower, along with the stories behind them. The talk runs until 3:30 p.m. and is part of an architecture lecture series. Next up are Spier & Rohns on January 16 and Nathan Johnson on February 20.
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Source: Detroit Historical Society ↗
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