Frank Howell Holden

Frank Howell Holden (June 8, 1870 – May 29, 1937) was an American architect who was most known for his work with Macy's and other New York City businesses.

[3] His brother, Ben Edwin Holden, also studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts at the same time.

[4] In 1911, Bosworth & Holden designed exterior alterations to a house a 105 Riverside Drive in Manhattan for Goddard and Josephine Cook DuBois.

[8] However, Bosworth left to serve with the American Red Cross in France during World War I, and resigned from the firm when he became head of the school of architecture at Cornell University in 1920.

[1] After World War I, he became an associate of Kohn & Butler of 56 West 45th Street in New York City.

[1] The principles in the practice which specialized in department stores were Robert D. Kohn and Charles Butler.

[1][8] After working on projects for R. H. Macy & Co. while it was under construction in 1924, Holden joined the department store as its director of interior design.

[9] In 1911, he was the advisor for the Real Estate Show held at the Grand Central Palace, ensuring AIA guidelines were applied to judging the entries of architectural drawings.