John Galen Howard

For other people of the same name, see John Howard (disambiguation).

John Galen Howard (May 8, 1864, Chelmsford, Massachusetts – July 18, 1931, San Francisco, California) was an American architect.

He is best known for his work as the supervising architect of the Master Plan for the University of California, Berkeley campus, and for founding the University of California's architecture program. Among his most famous buildings are the Campanile, California Memorial Stadium, Sather Gate, and the Hearst Greek Theatre, all located at UC Berkeley.

Howard also designed the centerpiece of the 1901 Pan-American Exposition, the Electric Tower.^[1]

A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.^[2]^[3]

Works

California Hall, Oxford St., Berkeley, CA, NRHP-listed
California Memorial Stadium, Bet. Piedmont Ave., Stadium Rim Way, Cannyon Rd., Bancroft Way and Prospect St., Berkeley, CA, NRHP-listed
Cloyne Court Hotel, 2600 Ridge Rd., Berkeley, CA, NRHP-listed
Doe Memorial Library, Oxford St., Berkeley, CA, NRHP-listed
Drawing Building, Hearst Ave., University of California campus, Berkeley, CA, NRHP-listed
Durant Hall, Oxford St., Berkeley, CA, NRHP-listed
Electric Tower
Haviland Hall, University of California Campus, Berkeley, CA, NRHP-listed
Hearst Greek Theatre, Oxford St., Berkeley, CA, NRHP-listed
Hearst Memorial Mining Building, Oxford St., Berkeley, CA, NRHP-listed
Hilgard Hall, Oxford St., Berkeley, CA, NRHP-listed
LeConte Hall, Hearst and Gayley, Berkeley, CA, NRHP-listed
North Gate Hall, Oxford St., Berkeley, CA, NRHP-listed
Sather Gate and Bridge, U.C.Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, NRHP-listed
Sather Tower, Oxford St., Berkeley, CA, NRHP-listed
Senior Hall, University of California, Berkeley campus, Berkeley, CA, NRHP-listed
Wellman Hall, Oxford St., Berkeley, CA, NRHP-listed
Wheeler Hall, Oxford St., Berkeley, CA, NRHP-listed

Draper, Joan, “The Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Architectural Profession in the United States: The Case of John Galen Howard,” in The Architect: Chapters in the History of the Profession, Spiro Kostof, ed., Oxford University Press, NY 1977, pages 209-237

Draper, Joan, “John Galen Howard,” in Toward a Simpler Way of Life: The Arts & Crafts Architects of California, Rober Winter, ed., Norfleet Press of University of California Press, Berkeley Los Angeles London 1997, pages 31–40

Partridge, Loren W. John Galen Howard and the Berkeley Campus: Beaux-Arts Architecture in the “Athens of the West”, Berkeley Architectural Heritage, Berkeley CA 1988