Wallis Eastburn Howe
Wallis Eastburn Howe (1868–1960) was a notable American architect from Rhode Island. Biography Howe was born in Philadelphia in 1868 to a family with deep roots in Bristol, Rhode Island. He was the 18th and last child of Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe, a great-great-nephew of James De Wolf.Jordy, William H. and Christopher P. Monkhouse. ''Buildings on Paper: Rhode Island Architectural Drawings, 1825–1945''. 1982. Howe's father began his duties of bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania in January 1872, and moved his family to Reading the following year. He first attended Reading's Selwyn Hall, the diocesan school. After graduation, he attended Lehigh University ('89) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ('92).''Technology Review'' 1960: 63–64. Howe went to Bristol (and opened an architect's office) by 1894. In about 1896 he joined the office of Providence architects Martin & Hall, though he continued to accept commissions in Bristol. He quickly ...
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