Historical Architecture of Grosse Pointe – The D. Allen Wright Terraced Homes on Rivard
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Last week we were on University Place exploring the two houses Charles B. CuCharme had commissioned during the early 20th Century – numbers 354 and 365 - two elegant homes one of which was designed by the renowned firm of Stratton and Snyder.
This week we head to the historic street of Rivard to look at three different sets of exquisite, terraced houses designed by the renowned architect D. Allen Wright in 1926.
David Allen Wright was born on July 19, 1886, in Springfield Township, Michigan. During his career he became a noted designer, both locally and nationally. Between 1926 and 1930, many of his creations were mostly large French inspired homes, typically in the Normandy and Provencal style – which provided numerous fine examples of this…
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