Lynn W. Fry
American architect, 1894 to 1967, born in -11-09); Grand Rapids, Michigan
Designer of the Michigan State Fair Riding Coliseum, Dairy Cattle Building, and Agricultural Building, the building that went up in Detroit's State Fair in 1922, on the National Register since 1980. Beyond Metro Detroit, Fry designed Slauson Middle School in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The story
Lynn W. Fry, an American architect, was born in 1894 in -11-09); Grand Rapids, Michigan and lived until 1967. In Metro Detroit, Fry's work on record is the Michigan State Fair Riding Coliseum, Dairy Cattle Building, and Agricultural Building, a building in Detroit's State Fair, finished in 1922 and listed on the National Register in 1980. Built during the boom years when the auto industry turned Detroit into one of the fastest growing cities in America, it has stood for 104 years.
Outside Metro Detroit, Fry's work includes Slauson Middle School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Michigan State Fair Riding Coliseum, Dairy Cattle Building, and Agricultural Building still stands at Michigan State Fairgrounds, and the best way to know Fry is to stand in front of it.
Lynn Ward Fry (November 9, 1894, February 20, 1967) was an American architect. Fry was active in Michigan for his entire life, operating the architectural firm of Fry & Kasurin in Ann Arbor from the 1920s through the 1940s.
Lynn W. Fry's work in Metro Detroit
-
Michigan State Fair Riding Coliseum, Dairy Cattle Building, and Agricultural Building
1922, Detroit's State Fair, Building
No demolition on record
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
No work matches every choice. Remove a filter above to see more.
Where else Fry built
One notable work by Lynn W. Fry in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as Wikidata lists them.
-
Slauson Middle School Ann Arbor, Michigan Photo: Arountre, CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Where the work stands
Photo credits
All 3 photos on Lynn W. Fry's page, each with its author, license and the original.
- Coliseum and Agricultural Building at the Michigan State Fair Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Undated portrait published with the obituary of American architect Lynn W. Fry (1894 to 1967) Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Slauson Middle School Photo: Arountre, CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sources
The facts on Lynn W. Fry come from Wikidata, Wikipedia, and Photos; Rebuild Detroit wrote the story above from them, and each photo names its license.