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Crane, Charles Howard

Born
8/13/1885
Birthplace
Hartford, Connecticut
Notes
Notable works:
Liberty/Paramount Theatre, Youngstown, Ohio, 1918
Orchestra Hall, Detroit, 1919
Capitol Theatre, now the Detroit Opera House, Detroit, 1922
conversion of the 1902 Temple Beth El to the Bonstelle Theatre, Detroit, 1922
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, as consulting architect, 1923–1927
Lafayette Building, Detroit, 1923
State Theatre, now The Fillmore Detroit, Detroit, 1925
Guild Theatre, now the August Wilson Theatre, New York City, 1925
Detroit Olympia, Detroit, the home of the Detroit Red Wings from 1927 until 1979, razed 1987
United Artists Theater, Los Angeles, converted to the Los Angeles University Cathedral, 1927
LeVeque Tower, Columbus, Ohio, 1927
United Artists Theater, Detroit, 1928
Fox Theatre, Detroit, 1928
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 1929
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England, 1937
Occupation
American architect
Employed by Albert Kahn (1905)
Began independent firm (1909)
Father
Charles E. Crane
Mother
Virginia Hagen
Spouse
Freda Heinz, m. 9/14/1905
Children
Charles Lyman
Relations
Albert Kahn
Nationality
American