Malcomson and Higginbotham

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Malcomson and Higginbotham was an architectural firm started in the nineteenth century and based in Detroit, Michigan. A successor firm, Malcomson-Greimel and Associates, still exists in Rochester, Michigan as of 2010.

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History

Architects William G. Malcomson and William E. Higginbotham formed a partnership in 1890. [1]

The firm was retained by the Detroit Board of Education in 1895, [1] and between 1895 and 1923 had designed over 75% of the school buildings in Detroit. [2] The firm remained in business under various names until the present.

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William G. Malcomson (left) and William E. Higginbotham

William G. Malcomson

William George Malcomson was born in 1856 in Hamilton, Ontario. [3] He began his architectural career early, and in 1875 supervised the construction of the Henry Langley-designed Erie Street United Church in Ridgetown, Ontario. [4] In 1882, Malcomson married Jennie E. McKinlay of Ridgetown, Ontario; the couple had five children. William G. Malcomson died in 1937. [5]

William E. Higginbotham

William E. Higginbotham was born in 1858 in Detroit. [3] He was educated in the Detroit public schools, and at the age of 19 joined the architectural form of J. V. Smith. [1] He married Nettie M. Morphy in 1892; the couple had two children: [3] a daughter, Doris Higginbotham (born 26 February 1893, Detroit; died 3 July 1983, Lafayette, LA) and a son, Bruce Field Higginbotham (born 1895, Detroit; died 1939, Atlanta, GA). William E. Higginbotham died in 1923. [1]

Other principals and architects

List of structures designed by Malcomson and Higginbotham

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Old Main, Wayne State University, 1895
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Starkweather Hall, Eastern Michigan University, 1896
All buildings are located in Detroit, unless otherwise indicated.

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