William Edward Kapp (August 20, 1891 in Toledo – 1969) was an American

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. He earned his architectural degree at the

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. For the majority of his career, he worked for the firm Smith, Hinchman & Grylls.

Projects

Kapp is known as the lead architect on a number of buildings including the following: * The Players, a clubhouse in

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(1925) *

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(1926–1929) *Knole Cottage (1926), a six-room miniature playhouse on the Meadow Brook estate. *Sunset Terrace, a retirement home for Matilda and Alfred Wilson on Meadow Brook, which in 1953 became the Oakland Universitypresident's home. * Wilson Theatre (now the

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) in Detroit, Michigan (1928) * The Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies Building,

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, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1938) * Temple Israel in

(1949) *

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in Flint, Michigan (Addition only) (1952–1954) *

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(1951) *

Dossin Great Lakes Museum The Dossin Great Lakes Museum is an historical maritime museum in Detroit, Michigan. Located on The Strand on Belle Isle Park along the Detroit River, this museum places special interest on Detroit's role on national and regional maritime histor ...

(1960) on Belle Isle. He has been credited with interior design work on the

Buhl Building The Buhl Building is a skyscraper and class-A office center in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. Architect Wirt C. Rowland designed the Buhl in a Neo-Gothic style with Romanesque accents. Constructed in 1925, it stands at 26 stories in the Detroit ...

Detroit Institute of Art The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the United States. With over 100 galleries, it covers with a major renovation and expansion project complete ...

and

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, which are important works in downtown Detroit.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kapp, William 1891 births 1969 deaths 20th-century American architects University of Pennsylvania School of Design alumni