Lois Howe

Lois Lilley Howe
Born (1864-09-25)September 25, 1864
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Died September 13, 1964(1964-09-13) (aged 99)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Nationality American
Alma mater
Occupation Architect
Awards American Institute of Architecture Fellow
Practice Howe, Manning & Almy, Inc.

Lois Lilley Howe (September 25, 1864 – September 13, 1964) was an American architect and founder of the first all female architecture firm in Boston, Massachusetts. Howe was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Howe studied at the Museum of Fine Arts School from 1882-1886.[1] She later studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she studied with fellow female student Sophia Hayden. Howe graduated in 1890.[2]

After graduation she worked in the offices of Allen and Kenway. She placed second in a competition to design the Women's Building at the Chicago World's Fair. Howe opened her own architect office in 1894. In 1913 she partnered with Eleanor Manning and in 1926 Mary Almy joined the firm which then became Howe, Manning & Almy, Inc. [1] Architect Eliza Newkirk Rogers worked for Howe before starting her own practice in 1913.[2] For a short time around 1920, the landscape architect Elizabeth Greenleaf Pattee worked for Howe.[3]

During her career, Howe was president of the Business Women's Club of Boston and president of the MIT Women's Association.[4] Howe retired in 1937 when Howe, Manning & Almy, Inc. dissolved.[4]

Awards and recognition

In 1901, Howe became the second woman member of the American Institute of Architecture (AIA).[5] In 1931, she was elected an AIA fellow.[4]

Legacy

Lois Lilley Howe's papers reside in the collection for Howe, Manning, and Almy at MIT. The Lois Lilley Howe photographic collection is housed at the Cambridge Historical Society.

References

  1. 1 2 "Lois Lilley Howe". Back Bay Houses: Genealogies of Back Bay Houses. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 Sarah Allaback (23 May 2008). The first American women architects. University of Illinois Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-252-03321-6. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Allaback, Sarah. The First American Women Architects. University of Illinois Press, 2008.
  4. 1 2 3 "Lois Howe, 99, Dies; Early Woman Architect". Boston Globe. 15 September 1964. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Hays, Johanna. Louise Blanchard Bethune: America's First Female Professional Architect. McFarland, 2014, pp. 20-21.
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