Marker Inscription
Architecture, Community Planning and Develpment
Historic Place
Alden B. Dow Office and Lake Jackson City Hall
The landmarks the nation chose to remember.
About this site
Alden B. Dow Office and Lake Jackson City Hall is a historic place in Lake Jackson, Brazoria County, dedicated in 2010. It is one of 6 historic places documented in Brazoria County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 223 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.0407, -95.4486 near Lake Jackson. The nearest cataloged historic site is Willis Point (cemetery), about 0.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include Mt. Zion, Brazos Canal, and Wharton Slave Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2010000050. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This single-story wood-frame building in Lake Jackson was built in 1943 as the local office of Michigan architect Alden B. Dow, son of Dow Chemical's founder, who laid out the company town and designed its early buildings. Designed in the Modern Movement idiom with sloping walls and a bold interior color scheme, it also housed the community's first city hall, post office, and other early services. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgljhistory.org
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