PCAD - Howard and Galloway, Architects and Engineers

Exterior view of Meany Hall #1, Seattle, n.d.; from the University of Washington, Seattle, Libraries, Special Collections Division

Exterior view of the AYPE Auditorium, Seattle, WA, 1909. From Plummer's Business and Professional Directory of Seattle, 1909, np

Exterior view of the Machinery Hall, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific-Exposition, Seattle, 1909; postcard from the Tacoma Public Library, produced by the Portland Post Card Co.

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Partners: network

H. Crawford Coates Jr., John Debo Galloway, William Charles Hays, John Galen Howard, Arthur Hermann Markwart

Active 1906-1908

Firm Notes

Howard and Galloway formed in the wake of the San Francisco Earthquake of 04/18/1906, and was headquartered in San Francisco, CA; the firm took a prominent role in the rebuilding of San Francisco, after which both partners took on numerous civic duties and wrote prolifically. Howard, for example, joined the San Francisco Advisory Committee for rebuilding in 1906. Galloway was an expert on steel-frame construction, and wrote extensively on the subject. The partnership ended in c. 09/1908.

PCAD id: 583

Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), Auditorium, Seattle, WA	1908-1909	Seattle	WA
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), Fine Arts Building, Seattle, WA	1908-1909	Seattle	WA
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), Lake Union Wharf, Seattle, WA	1908-1909	Seattle	WA
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), Machinery Pavilion, Seattle, WA	1908-1909	Seattle	WA
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), Site Plan, Seattle, WA	1907-1909	Seattle	WA
Bank of Italy, Main Headquarters Building #2, San Francisco, CA	1906	San Francisco	CA
Grant, Adam, Building, Financial District, San Francisco, CA	1908	San Francisco	CA
Spreckels, Claus, Office Building, San Francisco, CA	1907	San Francisco	CA
University of California, Pacific Grove, Biological Department Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA		Pacific Grove	CA
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), Oakland, CA

Publications

"Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909", American Architect and Building News, 94: 153-154, 1908-11-11. Robertson, Dug, "Seismic considerations for Guastavino ceiling, vault, and dome construction", APT Bulletin, 30: 4, 51-58, 1999. "Howard, John Galen, obituary", Architect and Engineer, 60, 08/1931. "Howard and Galloway form partnership", Architect and Engineer of California, 71, 06/1906. "Buildings for Biological Department, University of California at Pacific Grove", Architect and Engineer of California, np after p 92, 05/1907. "Notes on the construction of steel frames for buildings Part II", Architect and Engineer of California, 30-33, 10/1906. "Spreckels, Claus, Office Building, San Francisco", Architect and Engineer of California, 92, 10/1907. "Personal mention", Architect & Engineer of California, 77, 10/1908. "Bank of Italy, San Francisco Article", Architect & Engineer of California, 89, 12/1906. Galloway, John Debo, "Notes on the construction of steel frames for buildings Part I", Architect & Engineer of California, 44-48, 09/1906. "Howard, John Galen, Obituary", Architectural Record, 70: 278, 10/1931. Howard, John Galen, "The New University of California", Architectural Record, 267, 04/1908. "Our Exposition in Seattle", Architectural Record, 26: 24-32, 1909-07. Darvillé, Will, "Seattle et son exposition", Construction moderne, 25: 246-248, 1910-02-19. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, Guide to Architecture in Washington State An Environmental Perspective, 214, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, Guide to Architecture in Washington State An Environmental Perspective, 221, 1980. "Architects Selected for A.Y.P. Building.", Interlaken, 46, 1, 1907-02-16. Partridge, Loren, John Galen Howard and the Berkeley Campus, 1989. Woodbridge, Sally Byrne, John Galen Howard and the University of California : the Design of a Great Public University Campus, c2002. Draper, Joan, "John Galen Howard", Journal of Architectural Education, 33: 2, 30-35, 11/1979. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, "Introduction, A Historical Overview of Architecture in Seattle", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, xxv, 1994. "Howard, John Galen obituary", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 49, 07/24/1931.

Exhibitions

A-Y-P Centennial Symposium Nordics and Seattle's first World's Fair

Links

A Seattle Expo legacy emerges from the trees Map of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibition Fairgrounds