W. B. W. Howe Jr. Explained

For the Episcopal bishop see William B. W. Howe, 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. He was chief engineer for branches of the Charleston & Savannah Railway and the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway.^[1] A residence and a residential complex he designed in Charleston are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). He was also involved in the design of the Jacksonville Terminal Complex (Union Station).

He was the son of the Episcopal bishop William B. W. Howe.^[2]

He co-patented an automatic air brake design in 1885.^[3]

The home he built for himself was in Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina, and is now part of the Flat Rock Historic District. He lived in Flat Rock when he expressed interest in work on Jacksonville, Florida's Union Station.^[4]

Works

• Charles Drayton House (1886) NRHP listed
• Poppenheim Hardware Store (1891)
• William Enston Home, a complex of teo-story brick cottages at 900 King Street, NRHP listed
• Union Station (1919), Beaux-arts, Kenneth M. Murchison and W.B.W. Howe NRHP listed as Jacksonville Terminal Complex, 1000 W. Bay St. Jacksonville, FL
• St. Philips, local superintending architect^[2]
• St. Jude's Church, Walterboro, consecrated by his father^[5]
• Sagilla River railroad bridge^[6]
• St. Michael's Episcopal Church restoration, one of the architects^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poor's Directory of Railway Officials . June 11, 1887. Poor's Railroad Manual. Google Books.
2. Book: St. Philip's Church of Charleston: An Early History of the Oldest Parish in South Carolina. Dorothy Middleton. Anderson. Margaret Middleton Rivers. Eastman. May 4, 2015. Arcadia Publishing. 9781625854070. Google Books.
3. Web site: Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents. United States Patent. Office. June 11, 1886. U.S. Government Printing Office. Google Books.
4. Web site: Engineering News and American Railway Journal. June 11, 1896. Engineering News Publishing Company. Google Books.
5. Web site: Journal of the ... Annual Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina Held in .... June 11, 1880. R.L. Bryan Company. Google Books.
6. Web site: Engineering News-record. June 11, 1900. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. Google Books.
7. Book: Tomlan, Michael A.. Historic Preservation: Caring for Our Expanding Legacy. November 21, 2014. Springer. 9783319049755. Google Books.