BLISS & FAVILLE

A. PAGE BROWN

JOHN GALEN HOWARD

GEORGE KELHAM

BERNARD MAYBECK

JULIA MORGAN

TIMOTHY LUDWIG PFLUEGER

ALBERT PISSIS

WILLIS POLK

REID BROTHERS

BAY AREA ARCHITECTS

JOHN GALEN HOWARD

BIOGRAPHY

John Galen Howard
Born: Massachusetts | 1864
Educated: Massachusetts Institute of Technology and l'Ecole des Beaux Arts
Died: 1931

SUMMARY

  • Maintained a practice in Boston and New York before moving to San Francisco.
  • Served as university architect for the University of California at Berkeley from 1902-1927.
  • Founded the Department of Architecture at Berkeley and trained many of Northern California’s important architects, including Julia Morgan.
  • Buildings constructed during his tenure include: Hearst Memorial Mining Building , the Greek Theatre, Doe Library, Durant Hall, Wellman Hall, and North Gate Hall.
  • Served on the commission for the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco
  • Served on the Advisory Committee for Rebuilding After the Earthquake and Fire in 1906, in the development of the San Francisco Civic Center and in the construction of a Municipal Auditorium and War Memorial.