That same year he traveled to Detroit to open a western office, with Octavius remaining in Hartford.
The brothers' partnership was dissolved in 1854, with Albert Jordan remaining in Detroit.
[3] He was pushed there under the economic pressure of the Civil War, which limited architectural opportunities in Detroit.
Jordan remained in San Francisco for a decade, when he left again, this time for Portland.
[4] The firm of Jordan & Anderson was selected in 1861 as the architects of the new Detroit City Hall.