Orus O. Eash

Orus Orville Eash was born in Middlebury, Indiana in 1915. He attended Goshen College from 1934 until 1936 then transferred to the University of Michigan where he was awarded a degree in architecture in 1939. He worked in the office of Ralph Bauer before accepting a position with the Carnegie Illinois Steel Company in 1941. In 1944 he formed a partnership with Bauer and established an office in Traverse City, Michigan. Six years later Eash left the partnership to establish his own firm, Orus O. Eash, Architect. He was registered in California, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, Virginia, and Washington, D. C.

Eash’s designs were influenced by Danish Modernism and the International style of Modernism espoused by Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and ranged from residences to large office buildings to churches.

New Elmwood Elementary School, 1952
Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan (map)

Elmwood Township Community Building, 1952
Elmwood Township, Leelanau County, Michigan (map)

Kalkaska Rural Agricultural Schools, 1952
Kalkaska, Kalkaska County, Michigan (map)

Greilickville Town Hall
Greilickville, Leelanau County, Michigan (map)

1st Peoples State Bank, 1955
Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan (map)

Kalkaska High School, 1955
Kalkaska, Kalkaska County, Michigan (map)

Oceana County Courthouse, 1957
Hart, Oceana County, Michigan (map)