Howard Van Doren Shaw

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Howard Van Doren Shaw (b. 1869 Chicago, Illinois - May 7, 1926 Baltimore, Maryland) was an American architect.

Shaw graduated from Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Shaw's architectural work is found throughout Chicago and the midwest,including the famous Arts and Crafts sanctuary of Second Presbyterian Church, the original Goodman Theatre, located in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Quadrangle Club, the University Church, the Pullman Trust and Savings Bank and the G.E. Wilson home in Clinton, Iowa. He was brought on board to design the reflecting pool for Lorado Taft's sculpture Fountain of Time. More than 20 residences and public works located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. Shaw designed homes for many of Chicago's most famous citizens, including James Henry Breasted, William Rainey Harper, and Morris R. Rosenwald.

In addition to his architectural work, Shaw planned the model steel town of Indiana Harbor in East Chicago, Indiana and the market square in Lake Forest, Illinois.

In 1906, he became a member of the American Institute of Architects and was made a Fellow the following year. Shortly before he died, he was award the gold medal of the American Institute of Architects for architectural achievement was awarded to him just before his death. He is buried in Graceland Cemetery.