Roger Margerum
American architect, 1930 to 2016
Kettering High School leads Margerum's work on record here, the school that went up in Detroit in 1965. The Roger Margerum House, Detroit's Jefferson Chalmers (2005), is the other Margerum work on record here.
Every Margerum building here, side by side
Both of Margerum's works on record, oldest at left. None has a height on record, so each is drawn at one standard size in the shape of its kind.
Both of Margerum's works on record, oldest at left. None has a height on record, so each is drawn at one standard size in the shape of its kind.
Kettering High School
1965, Detroit, height not on record, drawn at one standard size
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The story
The American architect Roger Margerum was born in 1930 and died in 2016. Of everything Margerum designed here, Kettering High School leads the list, a school in Detroit, finished in 1965.
Both Kettering High School and the Roger Margerum House still stand. Margerum's Metro Detroit work on record runs from Kettering High School in 1965 to the Roger Margerum House in 2005, 40 years. In Detroit, Margerum's work stands in Jefferson Chalmers.
On Kettering High School, Margerum shares credit with Smith, Hinchman & Grylls. To see Margerum's work in person, start with Kettering High School at 6101 Van Dyke Ave.
Roger Williams Margerum, (May 14, 1930, June 21, 2016), was an African-American architect, known for pioneering modernist design. He primarily worked in Detroit, and his early work was in Chicago.
Roger Margerum in Metro Detroit, oldest first
- Kettering High School 1965, Detroit, School Standing, closed
- Roger Margerum House 2005, Detroit's Jefferson Chalmers, Historic home Standing and open
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Who Margerum worked with
- Smith, Hinchman & Grylls on Kettering High School
Where the work stands
Sources
The facts on Roger Margerum come from Historic Detroit, Wikidata, and Wikipedia; Rebuild Detroit wrote the story above from them, and each photo names its license.