Lois Lilley Howe
| Lois Lilley Howe | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 25, 1864 Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Died | September 13, 1964 (aged 99) Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | American Institute of Architecture Fellow |
| Practice | Howe, Manning & Almy, Inc. |
Lois Lilley Howe (September 25, 1864 – September 13, 1964) was an American architect and founder of the first all female architecture firm in Boston, Massachusetts. Howe was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Howe studied at the Museum of Fine Arts School from 1882-1886. She later studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she studied with fellow female student Sophia Hayden. Howe graduated in 1890.
After graduation she worked in the offices of Allen and Kenway. She placed second in a competition to design the Women's Building at the Chicago World's Fair. Howe opened her own architecture office in 1894. In 1913, she partnered with Eleanor Manning and in 1926 Mary Almy joined the firm which then became Howe, Manning & Almy, Inc. Architect Eliza Newkirk Rogers worked for Howe before starting her own practice in 1913. For a short time around 1920, the landscape architect Elizabeth Greenleaf Pattee worked for Howe.
During her career, Howe was president of the Business Women's Club of Boston and president of the MIT Women's Association. She served on the Boston Society of Architect's Small House Bureau, the AIA Committee on Small Houses, and was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Housing Association of Metropolitan Boston. Howe was 73 when she retired in 1937;Howe, Manning & Almy, Inc. dissolved and her partners launched independent practices.
In 1901, Howe became the second woman member of the American Institute of Architecture (AIA). In 1931, she was elected a Fellow of the AIA.
The firm of Howe, Manning & Almy completed over 426 commissions over 43 years of practice.
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