Wallace Frost studied architecture with Paul Cret at the University of Pennsylvania.
10 Facts About Wallace Frost
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Kahn asked Wallace Frost to come to Michigan to work with him and Wallace Frost moved there in 1919.
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Wallace Frost settled in Birmingham, Michigan in 1921 and worked with Albert Kahn.
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Wallace Frost designed 44 houses in or near Birmingham and he is famous for designing the Michigan Governor's Mansion.
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Wallace Frost is known for midsize cottage houses that are flooded with natural light and that feature woodwork, architectural details and limestone frames around windows and doors.
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Wallace Frost created a Birmingham house for himself at 579 Tooting Lane in 1921.
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Wallace Frost worked in Europe in 1932 and 1933 and then worked from 1933 until 1938 in Southern California.
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Wallace Frost built his own large home in Montecito, California in 1936.
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Wallace Frost returned to Birmingham in 1939 and practiced until 1961.
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Wallace Frost died in 1962, of a heart attack at the age of 69.