Jobs

Employer: Firm of Allen and Kenway

Title: Draftsman

State: Massachusetts

Country: United States

Employer: M.I.T. School of Architecture

Title: part-time librarian

City: Boston

State: Massachusetts

Country: United States

Employer: Howe, Manning & Almy

City: Boston

State: Massachusetts

Country: United States

Notes: One of the longest-lasting and most prolific women's architectural firms. The firm distinguished itself from residential design by championing the problems of urban housing. They became known for using the Colonial Revival for both building and renovating

Collaborators

No collaborators on record

Apprenticeships

Institution: Robert Swain Peabody

Country: delete

Notes: Mentor

Awards

Name: Women's Building

Description: at the Chicago Columbian Eposition

Notes: nationwide design contest, came in second place behind her classmate Sophia Hayden and received $500.

Exhibitions

No exhibitions on record

Notable Projects

Title: see below

City: Boston

State: Massachusetts

Country: United States

Notes: focused on small, affordable houses in the suburbs

Education

Institution: Museum School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Notes: studied design

Institution: MIT

Department: School of Architecture

Notes: Partial Architecture (2 year program)

Licensing

No licenses on record

Professional Affiliations

Organization: Housing Association of Metropolitan Boston

Role: Board of Directors

Organization: M.I.T. Women's Association

Role: Housing Committees Chair

Organization: Business Women's Club

Role: Housing Committees Chair

Organization: American Association of University Women

Role: Member

Organization: Copley Society of Boston

Role: Member

Notes: an association of artists

Organization: Architect's Small House Bureau

Role: Planning Committee

Organization: Boston Society of Architect's Small House Service Bureau of the American Institute of Architects (A.I.A.)

Role: Member

Start Date: January 01, 1901

End Date: September 13, 1964

Organization: American Institute of Architects

Role: Fellow

Start Date: January 01, 1901

Notes: first woman elected a fellow 1931; member until deceased

Publications By

Title: Details from Old New England Houses, measured and drawn by Lois L. Howe and Constance Fuller

Co-author: Constance Fuller

Publisher: Architectural Book Publishing Co.

Notes: 1913

Title: Serving Pantries in Small Houses

Publication: Architectural Review

Volume: 14

Issue: 3

Notes: March 1907

Publications About

Title: An Architectural Monograph: The Colonel Robert Means House at Amherst, New Hampshire

Author: R. F. Whitehead

Publication: White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs

Volume: 13

Issue: 5

Notes: 1927

Title: Lois Lilly Howe Architecture in Cambridge and Brookline

Author: n/a

Url: http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/ma55.htm

Title: The Lady Architects: Howe, Manning and Almy

Author: Cole, Doris

Publication: book

Publisher: Midmarch Arts Press

City: New York

Date Published: January 01, 1990