William Kapp

William Edward Kapp (August 20, 1891 in Toledo – 1969) was an American architect. He earned his architectural degree at the University of Pennsylvania. 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 Detroit, Michigan (1925)
Meadow Brook Hall (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 University president's home.
Wilson Theatre (now the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts) in Detroit, Michigan (1928)
The Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1938)
Temple Israel in Detroit, Michigan (1949)
Flint Journal Building in Flint, Michigan (Addition only) (1952–1954)
Detroit Historical Museum (1951)
Dossin Great Lakes Museum (1960) on Belle Isle.

He has been credited with interior design work on the Buhl Building, Detroit Institute of Art and Guardian Building, which are important works in downtown Detroit.

References

1 2 3 4 Moran, Darby. "Historical Architecture of Grosse Pointe- William Edward Kapp". Higbie Maxon Agney Relators.
1 2 3 4 Hill, Eric J. (2003). AIA Detroit : the American Institute of Architects guide to Detroit architecture. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. pp. 346. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3. OCLC 50422861.
↑ Kathryn Bishop Eckert (2001). Cranbrook: An Architectural Tour. Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 144–. ISBN 978-1-56898-257-1.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Witsil, Frank (June 15, 2021). "Downton Abbey fame leads to Meadow Brook Hall architect getting credit he deserves". Detroit Free Press.(subscription required)
↑ "About – History of The Players". www.playersdetroit.org. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
↑ "MotorCities – Meadow Brook Hall Looks Back to Automotive Elegance". www.motorcities.org. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
↑ "History of the Rackham Building". rackham.umich.edu. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
↑ "Flint Journal Building". www.nps.gov. Archived from the original on December 28, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2019.

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[Moran-1] 1 2 3 4 Moran, Darby. "Historical Architecture of Grosse Pointe- William Edward Kapp". Higbie Maxon Agney Relators.

[AIA-2] 1 2 3 4 Hill, Eric J. (2003). AIA Detroit : the American Institute of Architects guide to Detroit architecture. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. pp. 346. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3. OCLC 50422861.

[Eckert2001-3] Kathryn Bishop Eckert (2001). Cranbrook: An Architectural Tour. Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 144–. ISBN 978-1-56898-257-1.

[Witsil-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Witsil, Frank (June 15, 2021). "Downton Abbey fame leads to Meadow Brook Hall architect getting credit he deserves". Detroit Free Press.(subscription required)

[5] "About – History of The Players". www.playersdetroit.org. Retrieved August 29, 2019.

[6] "MotorCities – Meadow Brook Hall Looks Back to Automotive Elegance". www.motorcities.org. Retrieved August 29, 2019.

[7] "History of the Rackham Building". rackham.umich.edu. Retrieved September 28, 2019.

[8] "Flint Journal Building". www.nps.gov. Archived from the original on December 28, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2019.