Charles N. Agree
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Most of Charles N. Agree's designs are known, but Agree is sadly not. His designs ranged from theater and ballrooms to apartments.
Birth:
April 18, 1897, in Stamford, Conn.
Death:
March 10, 1982, in Southfield, Mich. Agree was born April 18, 1897. He would later move to Detroit with his family in 1909, when he was 12.
After he graduated in 1915, he attended the Detroit Y.M.C.A. Technical School.
Two years after he graduated, Agree created his firm, Charles N. Agree. Inc., which was located in Detroit's Book Tower.
In 1921, Agree received his first major commission for the Whittier Apartments. The Whittier put Agree in the spotlight, and he soon began many commissions.
In 1947, Agree's son A. Arnold Agree joined his firm.
Soon after the 1950s, Agree was being asked to designed new modern-style malls such as the Oakland Mall, Tel-12 Mall, Meadowbrook Mall and the former Pontiac Mall.
Agree and his son later opened a suburban office in Bloomfield Hills.
Sadly, the time of elaborate architecture was over, and Agree designed fewer structures. Agree died March 10, 1982, at the age of 84. A. Arnold Agree continued his father's firm until his death on Dec. 1, 2003, at the age of 80.
Buildings:
Belcrest Hotel/Apartments - 5540 Cass Ave. [Detroit]
Beverly Theatre - 10709 Grand River Ave. [Detroit]
Colonial Hall Apartments - 657 Selden Ave. [Detroit]
Duke Theatre - 10060 8 Mile Road [Oak Park]
Eastgate Mall - 26200 Gratiot Ave. [Roseville]
Harpo's Concert Theatre (aka Harper Theatre) - 14238 Harper Ave. [Detroit]
Hollywood Theatre - 4809 W. Fort St. [Detroit]
Kelly Theatre - [Detroit]
Lane Bryant Building - 1520 Woodward Ave. [Detroit]
Lincoln Park Shopping Center - 1800 Dix Hwy. [Detroit]
Lincoln Theatre (Remodeling) (aka Lincoln Square Theatre) - 6034-36 W Fort St. [Detroit]
Palmer Park Theatre
Park Theatre (Remodeling) (AKA Lincoln Park) - 1583 W Fort St. [Lincoln Park]
Peoples Federal Savings - 600 Griswold [Detroit]
Royal Theatre - 10709 W. 7 Mile Road - [Detroit]
Time Theatre [aka Met Theatre] - 13205 E. Jefferson Ave.[Detroit]
Trans-Lux Krim (aka Krim Theatre) -16531 Woodward Ave. [Detroit]
Westown Theatre - 15225 Wyoming [Detroit]
Woods 6 (aka Woods Theatre) - 19269 Mack Ave. [Grosse Pointe]
Whittier Hotel (aka Whittier Apartments, Whittier Towers) - 415 Burns [Detroit]
