Howard, John Galen, Architect (Practice)

click to open gallery Exterior of the Hearst Mining Building, University of California, Berkeley, 1921. From the University of California Blue and Gold Yearbook, 1921, p. 30, accessed 07/31/2024
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Theodore C. Bernardi, Lancelot Edward Gowen, Ira Wilson Hoover, John Galen Howard, Frank Jackson, Arthur Hermann Markwart, James Herbert Mitchell, Warren Charles Perry, George Taylor Plowman Sr., Lionel Henry Pries, William Gray Purcell, William Otis Raiguel

Active c.1900-1906; 1908-1923

Headquarted in San Francisco, CA; Howard's independent practice followed his partnership with John Debo Galloway (1906-1908). After 1923, the firm was known as John Galen Howard and Associates.

PCAD id: 368

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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
1486 Greenwood Terrace House, Greenwood Terrace, Berkeley, CA1912BerkeleyCA
1st Congregational Church #5, Oakland, CA1927OaklandCA
1st National Bank of Berkeley, Headquarters Building, Downtown, Berkeley, CA 1901BerkeleyCA
City and County of San Francisco, Civic Center Plan, San Francisco, CASan FranciscoCA
City of Berkeley, Public Library, Carnegie Branch, Berkeley, CA 1904-1905BerkeleyCA
Claremont Court Tract Front Gates, Berkeley, CA1905
Cloyne Court Hotel, Berkeley, CA1904BerkeleyCA
Empress Theatre, San Francisco, CA1910San FranciscoCA
Gregory, Warren and Sarah McLean Hardy, House #1, Greenwood Terrace, Berkeley, CA1904BerkeleyCA
Gregory, Warren and Sarah McLean Hardy, House #2, Greenwood Terrace, Berkeley, CA1912BerkeleyCA
Howard, John Galen and Mary Bradbury, House #1, Northside, Berkeley, CA 1902-1903BerkeleyCA
Majestic Theatre, Boston, MA1901-1902BostonMA
Mason-McDuffie Company, Saint Francis Wood Tract, Front Gates, Saint Francis Wood, San Francisco, CA1914San FranciscoCA
Mason-McDuffie Company, Saint Francis Wood Tract, Saint Francis Fountain, Saint Francis Wood, San Francisco, CA1914San FranciscoCA
Mason-McDuffie Company, Saint Francis Wood Tract, Sales Office, Saint Francis Wood, San Francisco, CA1914San FranciscoCA
Mason-McDuffie Company, Saint Francis Wood, Tract, San Francisco, CA1912-1913San FranciscoCA
McDuffie, Duncan, House #1, Claremont, Berkeley, CA1911BerkeleyCA
McLaughlin House, Northside, Berkeley, CA 1902BerkeleyCA
Miller, Adolph, House, Berkeley, CA1902-1903BerkeleyCA
Oakland Unified School District, Emerson School, Oakland, CAOaklandCA
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE), Exposition Auditorium, San Francisco, CA1913-1915San FranciscoCA
Strauss, Levi, Company, Headquarters Project, San Francisco, CASan FranciscoCA
Tacoma Theatre, Tacoma, WA 1888-1890TacomaWA
Union Oil Company of California (UNOCAL), Administration Building, Wilmington, Los Angeles, CA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Agriculture Hall, Berkeley, CA1912BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Anthropology Building, Berkeley, CA 1904BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Boalt, John Henry, Hall #1, Berkeley, CA1911BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), California Hall, Berkeley, CA1905BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Campus Plan #3, Berkeley, CA1902
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Chemistry Building, Berkeley, CA 1891
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Doe, Charles Franklin, Memorial, Library, Berkeley, CA1906-1911BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Gilman Hall, Berkeley, CA1917BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Hearst Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA1903BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Hearst Memorial Mining Building, Berkeley, CA1903-1907BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Hilgard Hall, Berkeley, CA1916-1917BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Home Economics Building #1, Berkeley, CA 1917
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Hygiene and Pathology Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 1908
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, CA1921-1923BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Military Science Building, Berkeley, CA1920BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Naval Architecture Building, Berkeley, CA1914BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), North Gate Hall, Berkeley, CA1905-1906BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Power House, Berkeley, CA1904BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Printing Office, 2 Barrow Lane, Berkeley, CA 1917BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Sather Gate and Bridge, Berkeley, CA1908-1910BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Sather Tower, Berkeley, CA1913-1914BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Spreckels Physiological Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 1903
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Wellman Hall, Berkeley, CA1912BerkeleyCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, Hall, Berkeley, CA1915-1917BerkeleyCA

Publications

"Greek Theatre at the University of California", American Architect, 104: 257, 12/31/1913. Reid, John W., Jr., "The San Francisco Civic Center", Architect, XII: 4, 222, 1916-10. "Wheeler Hall", Architect & Engineer of California, 50: 1, 39-48, 7/1917. "Howard, John Galen, obituary", Architect and Engineer, 60, 08/1931. "Wheeler Hall, University of California, Berkeley", Architect and Engineer of California, 50: 1, 39-48, 07/1917. "Benjamin Ide Wheeler Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California: John Galen Howard, architect", Architectural Forum, 28: 89, pl 38-40, 03/1918. Howard, John Galen, "The College Administration Building", Architectural Forum, XLIV: 6, 407, 06/1926. "Hearst Memorial Mining Building, University of California", Architectural Record, 46: 583, 12/1919. "Howard, John Galen, Obituary", Architectural Record, 70: 278, 10/1931. Howard, John Galen, "The Paris Training: The Spirit of Design at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts", Architectural Review (Boston), 5: 25-27, 1898-04. "Greek theaters, Pompeii : Greek theaters, Bradfield, Berkshire, and at Berkeley, Cal.", Architectural Review (Boston), 18 new series: 1, 26-27, 3/1912. Howard, John Galen, "The Paris Training: The Spirit of Design at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts", Architectural Review [Boston], 5: 4-7, 1898-01. Beach, John, "The Bay Area Tradition 1910-1918", Bay Area Houses, 76, 1988. Beach, John, "The Bay Area Tradition 1910-1918", Bay Area Houses, 76-80, 1988. Wald, Johanna, "Emerson's Majestic Theater", Boston Preservation Alliance Letter, 10: 4, 1, 1989-05. "The Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley, Cal. John Galen Howard Architect", Brickbuilder, XIV: 11, 1905-11. Howard, John Galen, "Some recent buildings in California", Builder, 105: 664, 12/19/1913. "Restoring the historic roof", Clem Labine's Traditional Building, 14: 3, 116-117, 2001-05/06. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "House 1912", Guide to Architecture In San Francisco and Northern California, 249, 1973. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Warren Gregory House, 1903-06", Guide to Architecture in San Francisco and Northern California, 258, 1985. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Warren Gregory House, 1912", Guide to Architecture in San Francisco and Northern California, 258-259, 1985. "[Hearst Competition for the University of California Campus] Board of advisors appointed : D. Despradelle, Charles F. McKim, John M. Carrere and John Galen Howard", Inland Architect and News Record, 37: 31, 1901-05. "[John Galen Howard appointed professor of architecture, University of California]", Inland Architect and News Record, 41: 35, 1903-05. "California Hall, Hearst University, Berkeley, California", Inland Architect and News Record, 50: pl following p 8, 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. Woodbridge, Sally B., "Demolished: Printing Office at 2 Barrow Lane (1917)", John Galen Howard and the University of California, The Design of a Great Public University Campus, 178, 2002. Woodbridge, Sally B., "California: First National Bank Building, ca. 1901", John Galen Howard and the University of California, The Design of a Great Public University Campus, 179, 2002. Woodbridge, Sally B., "Demolished: Hygiene and pathology laboratory (1908)", John Galen Howard and the University of California, The Design of a Great Public University Campus, 178, 2002. Woodbridge, Sally B., "John Galen Howard residence, 1902-3", John Galen Howard and the University of California, The Design of a Great Public University Campus, 179, 2002. Woodbridge, Sally B., "California Warren Gregory residence, 1903, 1908", John Galen Howard and the University of California, The Design of a Great Public University Campus, 179, 2002. Woodbridge, Sally B., "Massachusetts: Majestic Theatre, Boston", John Galen Howard and the University of California, The Design of a Great Public University Campus, 179, 2002. Woodbridge, Sally B., "Demolished: Anthropology Building (1904)", John Galen Howard and the University of California, The Design of a Great Public University Campus, 178, 2002. Woodbridge, Sally B., "Demolished: Chemistry auditorium (1913)", John Galen Howard and the University of California, The Design of a Great Public University Campus, 178, 2002. Draper, Joan, "John Galen Howard", Journal of Architectural Education, 33: 2, 30-35, 11/1979. Draper, Joan E., "John Galen Howard", Journal of Architectural Education, 33: 2, 30-35, 11/1979. "New Carnegie Library Open Tonight", Oakland Tribune, 10, 1905-01-26. "Residents of Berkeley Dote on Books", Oakland Tribune, 8, 1904-03-08. Fisk, Clotilde G., "The Greek Theatre at the University of California", Overland Monthly, series 2: 43, 143-145. Oliver, Richard, "A machine in the garden", Places, 1: 4, 59-62, 1984 Summer. Jones, Carolyn, "Good seats for a retrofit", Seattle Times, A3, 09/26/2008. "Howard, John Galen obituary", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 49, 07/24/1931. "Union Oil Company Administration Building, Wilmington, CA, plans", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 12, col 3, 10/01/1920. Edwards, Brian, University Architecture, 48, plate 2, 2000. Edwards, Brian, University Architecture, 78, 2000. Helfand, Harvey, "3. Sather Tower (The Campanile) and Sather Esplanade", University of California, Berkeley: An Architectural Tour, 44-50, 2002. "Residence of Duncan McDuffie, Berkeley", Western Architect, 26: pl 9-12, 09/1917. William Charles Hays architectural clipping books,
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