Nathan Johnson

Nathan Johnson (1926–2021), was an American modernist architect in Detroit, Michigan. He designed some of the most iconic 1960s churches in Detroit, His father, Brooks, was a railroad worker.

Johnson attended Kansas State University, where he graduated top ten in his class in 1950 with a degree in architecture. Johnson was in the United States Navy for 3.5 years. '' He left White & Griffin around 1953, during the firm's Liberian design projects. Johnson later worked for Austrian-born architect, Victor Gruen, who specialized in designing shopping malls. One of his most notable designs was Stanley Mannia Café (1969–1971), a Googie style Chinese restaurant in Detroit.

The later years of Johnson’s career, were spent serving in many official capacities including the Director for the Detroit General Hospital, Commissioner for the Detroit Historic District Commission, & Commissioner for the Wayne County Planning Commission.

List of architecture work

Churches