Waldo V. Howard

Waldo Vose Howard (born October 2, 1841)^[1] was an American architect practicing in the city of Brockton, Massachusetts and its suburbs.

Career

Howard was fairly prolific in that region, and was competent in the major late-nineteenth century styles. Austin worked in Brockton during a period of great growth in that city, with its population more than quadrupling during his career. He began his practice in the early 1880s. In 1890, he took Fred T. Austin as partner in the firm of Howard & Austin. Austin left in 1896 to begin a private practice, before becoming the partner of Charles Brigham in Boston that same year.^[2] In later life, Howard was appointed City Architect of Brockton.^[3]

Architectural Work

• Aaron M. Herrod House, 772 N. Main St., Brockton, MA (1882) - Demolished.^[4]
• Robbins B. Grover House, 336 Main St., Brockton, MA (1882) - Demolished.^[5]
• Central Fire Station, 40 Pleasant St., Brockton, MA (1884–85)^[6]
• First Universalist Church, 34 Cottage St., Brockton, MA (1889)^[7]
• Gardner Block, 62 Centre St., Brockton, MA (1890) - Demolished in 2013.^[8]
• Littleton Town Hall, 125 Main St., Littleton, NH (1894)^[9]
• Hyannis Yacht Club, Pleasant St., Hyannis, MA (1896) - Demolished.^[10]
• Moses A. Packard House, 647 Main St., Brockton, MA (c.1896)^[11]
• Washburn Library, 32 Union St., East Bridgewater, MA (1896–97)^[12]
• William L. Wright House, 162 Highland St., Brockton, MA (1897)^[13]
• Fire Station No. 3, 914 N. Main St., Brockton, MA (1898)^[14]
• Jenkins Block, 91 Washington St., Whitman, MA (1899) - Upper stories destroyed in a 1930 fire.^[15]
• Gifford School, 285 W. Main St., Avon, MA (1907) - Burned in 1952.^[16]
• Center School, 155 W. Center St., West Bridgewater, MA (1908) - Demolished.^[17]
• George S. Paine School, 211 Crescent St., Brockton, MA (1915) - Now the Adult Learning Center.^[18]

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