Henry Howard: Louisiana's Architect

by Robert Brantley, Victor McGee (Primary Contributor), The Historic New Orleans Collection (Primary Contributor)

Few nineteenth-century architects ventured far from the pattern-book styles of their time. One architect not constrained by tradition was the Irish-born American Henry Howard, who started as a carpenter and stair builder in 1836 New York and arrived in New Orleans the following year, soon establishing a reputation for distinctive designs that blended American and European trends. His career gained momentum as he went on to design an extraordinarily diverse portfolio of magnificent residences and civic buildings in New Orleans and its environs.

Henry Howard is a lavishly produced clothbound volume featuring hundreds of contemporary and archival images and a comprehensive analysis of his built work. The first book to examine the forty-year career of the architect, Henry Howard establishes a clear lineage of his aesthetic contributions to the urban and rural environments of the South.

Princeton Architectural Press co-publishes Henry Howard with The Historic New Orleans a museum, research center, and publisher dedicated to the study and preservation of the history and culture of New Orleans and the Gulf South.

Genres: Nonfiction

352 pages, Hardcover

First published April 7, 2015

Reviews

[Savannah Hendricks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderfully told story about the work of Mr. Howard and his effect on Louisiana housing landscape. Loved the photos and such amazing history and evidence of architectural designs that are most likely Mr. Howard's work but not credited for. Simply a beautiful book...a work of art in it's own right.