Background
Howard, John Galen was born on May 8, 1864 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Levi (Doctor of Medicine and Lydia J. (Hapgood) H.
Howard, John Galen was born on May 8, 1864 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Levi (Doctor of Medicine and Lydia J. (Hapgood) H.
Graduate Boston Latin School, 1882. Studied at Massachusetts Institute Technology 3 years, under H. H. Richardson. Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, and McKim, Mead & White, 5 years at École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 3 years (awarded medals in mathematics, archæology and design, and prize for his rapid advancement).
Established practice in New York. Architect of Hotel Renaissance, Hotel Essex and of several public buildings in the parks of New York. High school, Newark, New Jersey.
Majestic Theatre, Boston. Public Library, Montclair, New Jersey, etc.
Member of the board of architects of Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901, and designed the Electric Tower there (awarded gold medal). Member John Galen Howard & Associates, since 1923, architects of First Congressional Church, Oakland, California, Le Conte School, San Francisco, and numerous private houses. Advisory; member preliminary advisory committee Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1911.
Member Board Consulting Architects, San Francisco, 1912-1915. Member Architectural Advisory Committee on San Francisco War Memorial, 1923-1927. Captain American Red Cross, in France, 1918-1919.
(Fellow) The American Institute of Architects. Member of advisory council to Committee on School of Fine Arts of America Academy in Rome, since 1924. Member Montevideo Society Architects.
Married Mary Robertson Bradbury, August, 1893. Children: Henry Temple, Robert Boardman, Charles Houghton, John Langley, Janette.