Alten, Mathias., House and Studio - Grand Rapids, MI
N 42° 57.768 W 085° 37.794
16T E 611742 N 4757594
Home of Mathias Alten, a German-American impressionist painter, from 1914 until his death in 1938.
Waymark Code: WM158EE
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 11/07/2021
Views: 2
The Mathias J. Alten House and Studio is a two-story foursquare house with a low pitched hip roof having three wide hipped dormers. It sits on an uncoursed granite foundation. A single-story kitchen wing with a gable roof is at the rear. The front facade has a massive full-width porch, also sitting on a granite foundation, with wood railings and spindles. Granite piers topped with concrete support tapered cylindrical wooden Tuscan columns. Concrete steps lead up to a front entry with a wooden door flanked by sidelights. Most windows on the house are wood-framed, double-hung single-glazed units.-From the National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mathias J. Alten House and Studio.
Street address:
1593 East Fulton Street
Grand Rapids, MI USA
49503
County / Borough / Parish: Kent County
Year listed: 2009
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture, Commerce
Periods of significance: 1914-1938
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Domestic
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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