Lois Howe

Howe studied at the Museum of Fine Arts School from 1882-1886 rather than attending Harvard Annex (later known as Radcliffe College).

She placed second, after Sophia Hayden, in a competition to design the Women's Building at the Chicago World's Fair.

At first, her projects consisted of new or remodeled houses for friends and acquaintances, but her efforts soon began to pay off in more commissions.

[6] For a short time around 1920, the landscape architect Elizabeth Greenleaf Pattee worked for Howe.

[7] She received her first acclaim in 1893 where she was a second place winning in the national competition for the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago.

"[13] With her firm partners, Howe, Manning & Almy completed over 426 commissions, 500 projects (most of which are still in existence) over 43 years of practice.

[10] Lasting designs, careful craftsmanship, first-rate materials, and desirable locations have made their houses some of the most comfortable and attractive dwellings, as well as some of the most exceptional investments, in these geographic areas today.

While the original building showed Howes untested design skills, in 1913 she renovated the home to the one still found today.