Howard Van Doren Shaw
| Howard Van Doren Shaw | |
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Shaw's Market Square (1916), the first planned shopping center in the United States
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| Born |
Howard Van Doren Shaw May 7, 1869 Chicago, Illinois United States |
| Died | May 7, 1926 (aged 57) Baltimore, Maryland United States |
| Residence |
Lake Forest, Illinois United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Yale University |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Known for |
Marktown (1917) Market Square (1916) Lakeside Press Building (1901) Ragdale (1897) |
| Board member of | Art Institute of Chicago, Trustee |
| Spouse(s) | Frances (Wells) Shaw |
| Children |
Sylvia Shaw Judson Evelyn (Shaw) McCutcheon Theodora Shaw King |
| Parent(s) | Theodore Andrews Shaw Sarah (VanDoren) Shaw Frances Theodora |
| Awards | AIA Gold Medal |
Howard Van Doren Shaw AIA (May 7, 1869 – May 7, 1926) was an American architect. He became one of the best-known architects of his generation in the Chicago, Illinois area. Shaw was considered a leader in the American Craftsman movement, best exemplified in his 1900 remodel of Second Presbyterian Church in Chicago. He designed Marktown, Clayton Mark's planned worker community in Northwest Indiana.
Howard Van Doren Shaw was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 7, 1869. His father Theodore was a successful dry goods businessman and was part of the planning committee for the World's Columbian Exposition. His mother Sarah (née Van Doren) was a prolific painter and a member of the Bohemian Club. Howard had one brother, Theodore, Jr. His family resided at 2124 Calumet Avenue, then a part of the Prairie Avenue district, the heart of the social fabric of the city. Prairie Avenue was also the site of Chicago's most modern residential architecture, including Henry Hobson Richardson's John J. Glessner House. Howard Shaw met Frances Wells, his future wife, in the district's Bounique's dancing school. Wells was the daughter of Moses D. Wells, wholesaler of boots and shoes.
Shaw studied at the Harvard School for Boys in Hyde Park Township. He was accepted to Yale University, graduating with a bachelor of arts in 1890. While at Yale, Shaw was the lead editor of The Yale Record, the world's oldest humor magazine. He was admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) later that year. MIT was one of the few architectural schools in the country at that time, closely following the rules set forth by the École des Beaux-Arts. Shaw completed the two-year program in one year. Shaw would use the elements of Georgian, Tudor, and neoclassical design he learned from MIT in most of his later works.
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