''For the Episcopal bishop see

William B. W. Howe ''For the railroad engineer and architect (son of the bishop) see W. B. W. Howe, Jr.'' William Bell White Howe (March 31, 1823 – November 25, 1894) was the sixth Diocesan bishop, Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina (before 2012), Sout ...

, father of this architect'' William Bell White Howe, Jr. (1851 – 1912), who used his first three initials and last name, was an architect in

Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...

. He was chief engineer for branches of the

Charleston & Savannah Railway The Charleston and Savannah Railway was a 19th-century American railroad serving the coastal states of South Carolina and Georgia and running through part of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Its name varied slightly over time: * Charleston and Sav ...

and the

Savannah, Florida and Western Railway The Plant System named after its owner, Henry B. Plant, was a system of railroads and steamboats in the U.S. South, taken over by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1902. The original line of the system was the Savannah, Florida and Western R ...

. A residence and a residential complex he designed in Charleston are listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

(NRHP). He was also involved in the design of the

Jacksonville Terminal Complex Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center is a convention center located in downtown Jacksonville, Florida. Opened in 1986, it was built incorporating Jacksonville Terminal Complex / Union Station as well as several thousand square feet of newly b ...

(Union Station). He was the son of the Episcopal bishop

. He co-patented an automatic air brake design in 1885. The home he built for himself was in

Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina Flat Rock is a village in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,114 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Charles Baring and Susan Heyward Baring built Mountain Lo ...

, and is now part of the

Flat Rock Historic District Flat Rock Historic District is a national historic district located at Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 55 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site associated with estates centering on the ambitious ...

. He lived in Flat Rock when he expressed interest in work on Jacksonville, Florida's Union Station.

Works

Charles Drayton House The Charles Drayton House is a historic Victorian home at 25 East Battery, Charleston, South Carolina. It was completed in 1886 for Charles H. Drayton (1847-1915), having been designed by W.B.W. Howe, Jr. The location of the house was the fo ...

(1886) NRHP listed *Poppenheim Hardware Store (1891) *

William Enston Home The William Enston Home, located at 900 King St., Charleston, South Carolina, is a complex of many buildings all constructed in Romanesque Revival architecture, a rare style in Charleston. Twenty-four cottages were constructed beginning in 1887 ...

, a complex of teo-story brick cottages at 900 King Street, NRHP listed *

Union Station A union station (also known as a union terminal, a joint station in Europe, and a joint-use station in Japan) is a railway station at which the tracks and facilities are shared by two or more separate railway companies, allowing passengers to ...

(1919), Beaux-arts, Kenneth M. Murchison and W.B.W. Howe NRHP listed as

, 1000 W. Bay St.

Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the seat of Duval County, with which the ...

*St. Philips, local superintending architect *St. Jude's Church, Walterboro, consecrated by his father * Sagilla River railroad bridge *St. Michael's Episcopal Church restoration, one of the architects

References

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