John B. Howard (born John B. Hogg; September 4, 1826 – March 26, 1888) was an American

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prominent in

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, United States. He designed two of the city's churches.

Life and career

John B. Hogg was born in

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on September 4, 1826, to James E. Hogg and Harriet S. Vollotton. His father was a deacon of the First Baptist Church "until his old age." After studying under

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, in 1848 Hogg designed Trinity Methodist Church in Savannah's Telfair Square. Hogg became a founding member of the

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Methodist Church in 1851. He married Georgia R. Lothropp, with whom he had two known children: Mary S. (born 1858) and William Carr (1860). Hogg was listed in the 1860 Savannah census as being a peddler. The following year, he was recorded as being a surveyor. By 1867, he was appearing as the city's surveyor. He was a private in the 26th Georgia Infantry. In 1873, Hogg designed another of Savannah's churches, the

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. Hogg changed his last name to Howard in 1879. He appeared on city reports until 1887.''Engineering News and American Contract Journal'', Volume 18 (1887), p. 428

Selected notable works

* Trinity Methodist Church, Savannah, Georgia (1848) *

, Savannah, Georgia (1873)

Death

Howard died on March 26, 1888, aged 61. He was buried in Savannah's

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. His widow survived him by eight years and was interred beside him upon her death, aged 66.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, John B. 1826 births 1888 deaths People from Savannah, Georgia Architects from Georgia (U.S. state) Engineers from South Carolina 19th-century American architects American civil engineers Confederate States Army soldiers