The George Greene House is a single-family home located at 115 West Sugnet Street in

Midland, Michigan Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Michigan. The city's population was 42,547 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Midland Micropolitan Statistical Area, part of the larger Saginaw-Midland-Bay City Comb ...

. It was listed on the

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in 1989.

History

George Greene was a plant engineer at the

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. In the spring of 1936, he hired Alden B. Dow to design this house. The house was the second of three Dow designed at the edge of the golf course. Construction began in June by the Alden Dow Building Company at a cost of $15,481. The house was completed in 1937. The garage was enlarged in the 1970s.

Description

The George Greene House is a single-story brick house of 1600 square feet. It is built of two sections: a long rectangular one and a shorter square section, placed at a 45 degree angle to the main section. The entrance to the house is at the junction of the sections, accessed by a short staircase at the opposite end of the building. A long walkway sheltered by a roof overhang connects the stair to the entrance.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Michigan National Register of Historic Places in Midland County, Michigan Prairie School architecture Residential buildings completed in 1937 Alden B. Dow buildings Midland, Michigan