Dow, Alden B., Office and Lake Jackson City Hall
101 S. Parking Pl., Lake Jackson, TXConstructed in 1943, the Alden B. Dow Office and Lake Jackson City Hall served as the local office for Dow's architectural practice and as the first location of Lake Jackson City Hall, and it also housed many of the city's first businesses. Dow, considered the "Father of Lake Jackson," mapped out the city's streets and designed all of the city's first buildings, making Lake Jackson a true company town for his family's business, the Dow Chemical Company. As an architect, Dow had apprenticed under Frank Lloyd Wright before officially incorporating his own design firm in 1941. The Alden B. Dow Office and Lake Jackson City Hall, a one-story, wood-frame building, is nominated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places at the local level of significance in the area of Community Planning and Development; and in the area of Architecture, for its association with the career of modernist architect Alden B. Dow.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
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