W. V. Howard


Waldo Vose Howard was an American architect practicing in the city of Brockton, Massachusetts and its suburbs.

Life

Howard was born in 1841 in Norton, Massachusetts. His father, Linus, was a farmer. In 1881, W. V. Howard married Mary Nutter, of Amesbury. They had no children. He had opened his office by 1882. In 1889, he took Fred T. Austin as partner in the firm of Howard & Austin. Austin left in 1896 to work alone, before becoming the partner of Charles A. Brigham in Boston that same year. In later life, Howard was appointed City Architect of Brockton. Howard died in 1927.
Howard was fairly prolific in Plymouth County, and was competent in the major late-nineteenth century styles. Howard worked in Brockton during the 1880s and 90s, with its population more than quadrupling during his career. He and fellow Brockton architect Wesley Lyng Minor designed most of the city's major structures during that period.

Architectural works

W. V. Howard, until 1889

Howard & Austin, 1889-1896

W. V. Howard, after 1896