Claire Allen
Architect
Died when: 89 years 146 days (1072 months)Star Sign: Leo
Claire Allen (July 29, 1853 – December 22, 1942) was an American architect prominent in southern Michigan in the early twentieth century, and best known for designing several county courthouses.
He was considered a "master regional architect".Allen moved to Jackson as a young man, and practiced architecture there for 52 years.
He established the architectural firm of Claire Allen & Sons.Some 100 structures are attributed to him.His firm designed numerous examples of American neoclassical architecture and colonial revival buildings in Michigan and Iowa, but had a range that encompassed Beaux-Arts Classical and Jacobean Revival style as well.
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