A. Wynn Howell

A. Wynn Howell (born Albert Wynn Howell; March 24, 1912 – May 31, 1989)[1] was an architect with his own firm, A. Wynn Howell, in Lakeland, Florida from 1952 to 1965.[2] He became an architect via private study and a seven-year apprenticeship to three successive established architects in the central Florida area immediately after World War II.[2] He was a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) from 1954 to 1967 and in 1973.[3] He was vice-president of its Central Florida chapter during 1958–59 and president during 1960–61. He was director of the entire Florida Association of Architects during 1962–63.[2]

A. Wynn Howell
Howell in 1960
Born
Albert Wynn Howell

March 24, 1912
Elba, Alabama
DiedMay 31, 1989(1989-05-31) (aged 77)
Kershaw, South Carolina
OccupationArchitect
Spouse(s)Sara Ruth Mathews Howell
(married 1937–61)
Parent(s)
  • Albert Lee Howell
  • Ethel Hildrith
PracticeA. Wynn Howell,
Lakeland, Florida
Buildings
  • University Lutheran Church
  • St. Agnes Episcopal Church
  • St. Edward's Episcopal Church
  • Placid Tower
  • Rochelle Jr. & Sr. High School
  • Lincoln Ave. Elementary School

His self-selected notable buildings,[2] all in central Florida, were Rochelle Junior and Senior High School, Lakeland (1955); Saint Agnes Episcopal Church, Sebring (1959); Saint Edward's Episcopal Church, Mount Dora (1959); Lincoln Avenue Elementary School, Lakeland (1960); Placid Tower,[4] Lake Placid (1960); and University Lutheran Church, Gainesville (1961).[2] The last building listed, University Lutheran Church, has been selected by Envision Heritage of the University of Florida for digital preservation.[5][6] In 1953, he proposed a design for the Citrus Tower in Clermont with two observation floors supported by a giant cylinder that visitors could walk up using an external spiral stairway – it was rejected.[7]

Howell was born in Elba, Alabama.[2] He retired and moved to Menlo Park, California in 1966.[8] He died in Kershaw, South Carolina[9] and is buried in Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina.[1]

References
  1. Traxler, Edward (2009), A. Wynn Howell, Find-A-Grave
  2. Howell, A. Wynn (1962), "Howell, A(lbert) Wynn" (PDF), American Architects Directory, Biographical Section, p. 329, Howell's short autobiography.
  3. Hadley, Nancy (2019), AIA Historical Directory of American Archirects
  4. Hinder, Kimberly D. (2006), Stager, Claudette; Carver, Martha (eds.), "Florida's Earliest Tourist Towers: Placid Tower", Looking beyond the highway: Dixie roads and culture, Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, A. Wynne Howell, [sic] the Lakeland-based architect. "Search in this book" for "A. Wynne Howell" (in quotes).
  5. Envision Heritage (2016), University Lutheran Church in Gainesville, Florida, YouTube
  6. College of Design, Construction and Planning (2019), Envision Heritage, University of Florida
  7. Bloodsworth, Doris (2010), Clermont, Images of America, Arcadia, p. 88, ISBN 978-0-7385-8586-4.
    Bloodsworth claims (p. 88) "A. Wynne Howell [sic] of Lakeland, an understudy of Frank Lloyd Wright," but Howell does not mention Wright in his short autobiography.[2]
  8. Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects (March 1966), "1966 Membership Roster", Florida Architect: 25
  9. "United States Social Security Death Index", FamilySearch.org, A Wynn W Howell (registration required)
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