Frost, Wallace, 1892-1962.

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Detroit area architect.

From the description of Wallace Frost papers, ca. 1939-1962. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418348

Wallace Frost was born in Union, Pennsylvania and studied architecture with Paul Cret at the University of Pennsylvania. He married Grace Bierer in 1917 and settled in Philadelphia. During World War I, he designed hangars for military installations for the Naval air force at their headquarters in Washington. There he met Detroit architect Albert Kahn, who came frequently to Washington for consultations about government architectural projects. Liking his work, Kahn asked Frost to come to Michigan to work with him. Frost moved in 1919, eventually settling in Birmingham in 1921. The two architects worked in the same office on large projects such as the Detroit Public Library, where Frost handled much of the client relations work for Kahn.

In 1926 Frost set up his own practice consisting mainly of residential work in the Detroit suburbs. He worked in Europe in 1932 and 1933 and worked in Southern California from 1933 to 1938, a period in which there was little new building undertaken in Michigan. He planned numerous residences there and built his own large home in 1936 in Montecito Valley, 12 miles from Santa Barbara. In 1939 he returned to Birmingham and practiced in partnership there until 1961. Frost died in 1962.

From the guide to the Wallace Frost papers, ca. 1939-1962, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Hyde & Bobbio (Firm). Hyde & Bobbio mechanical engineering firm records, 1909-1967, bulk 1925-1967. Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Frost, Wallace, 1892-1962. Wallace Frost papers, ca. 1939-1962. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Hyde & Bobbio records, 1909-1967, 1925-1967 Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Wallace Frost papers, ca. 1939-1962 Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Frost, Wallace, 1892-1962. Correspondence to Paul Philippe Cret, 1935. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
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associatedWith Hyde & Bobbio (firm) corporateBody
associatedWith Hyde & Bobbio (Firm) corporateBody
associatedWith Pittsfield School (Ann Arbor, Mich.) corporateBody
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Ann Arbor (Mich.)
Pittsfield Village (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Pittsfield Village (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Detroit (Mich.)
Birmingham (Mich.)
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Birth 1892

Death 1962

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