A. Wynn Howell
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Howell in 1960
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| Born | Albert Wynn Howell March 24, 1912
Elba, Alabama
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| Died | May 31, 1989(1989-05-31) (aged 77)
Kershaw, South Carolina
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| Occupation | Architect |
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Sara Ruth Mathews Howell
(m. 1937–1961) |
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| Practice | A. Wynn Howell, Lakeland, Florida |
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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]
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 TowerinClermont 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]
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