Howard Van Doren Shaw

Howard Van Doren Shaw AIA (May 7, 1869 - May 7, 1926) was an American architect. He became one of the best-known architects of his generation in the Chicago, Illinois area. Shaw was considered a leader in the American Craftsman movement, best exemplified in his 1900 remodel of Second Presbyterian Church in Chicago. He designed Marktown, Clayton Mark's planned worker community in Northwest Indiana.

Personal facts

Howard Van Doren Shaw
Birth dateMay 07, 1869
Birth nameHoward Van Doren Shaw
Birth place
Chicago , Illinois , United States
Date of deathMay 07, 1926
Place of death
Maryland , United States , Baltimore
Residence
Lake Forest Illinois , United States
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yale University
Children
Sylvia Shaw Judson
Evelyn (Shaw) McCutcheon
Theodora Shaw King
Known for
Ragdale
Marktown
Lakeside Press Building
Market Square (Lake Forest Illinois)

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External resources

  1. http://www.hydepark.org/historicpres/ShawinHPK.htm
  2. http://www.library.illinois.edu/ihx/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=268