by Sarah Nunn. Although Alden B. Dow (1904-1983) never lived in the Copper Country, his firm, Dow, Howell, Gilmore, & Associates, was responsible for the construction of Sherman Gym (Walker Arts and Humanities Center) on the campus of Michigan Technological University, where they used Dow’s philosophy of blending architecture with the natural surroundings. Dow believed… Read more Dow, Howell, Gilmore & Associates
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Michigan College of Mining and Technology, Sherman Gym
by Sarah Nunn Architect: Dow, Howell, Gilmore & Associates Alternative Name: Michigan Technological University, Walker Arts and Humanities Center Location: MTU Campus, Houghton Built: 1949, Remodeled 1985 Contractor: Herman Gundlach, Inc. Sherman Gym (1949) was the Michigan Tech sports center, complete with racquetball courts, a wood gym, and a swimming pool.1 Concrete structural columns supported the… Read more Michigan College of Mining and Technology, Sherman Gym