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Howard Cheney


Howard Lovewell Cheney

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Howard Lovewell Cheney (1889–1969) was an architect and engineer. He designed Washington National Airport and the Miami Beach Post Office (1937). He was a fellow with the American Institute of Architects.

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Cheney was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1889. He studied at the Armour Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois. He worked for the Public Buildings Branch of the U.S. Treasury Department from 1934 to 1942; and for the University of Illinois from 1938 to 1940 and again from 1946 to 1948. He designed the Federal Building (Gary, Indiana) as well as Federal Buildings in Peoria, Illinois and New Orleans. He designed the Federal Building and Court of Peace for the 1939 World's Fair. He also designed the original Washington National Airport building and was supervising architect for the construction of the Chicago Tribune Tower in Chicago. He designed the Palladium at St. Petersburg College

Works

  • F. Edward Hebert Federal Building (1939) on Camp Street in New Orleans. Art Deco architecture
  • C.A. Johnson Residence in Highland Park, Illinois
  • Federal Building at the New York World's Fair
  • Sixteenth Church of Christ, Scientist in St. Petersburg, Florida at 253 5th Avenue North)
  • Unidentified residence with Bernard C. Greengard in Evanston, Illinois
  • West Town State Bank in Chicago, Illinois
  • Washington National Airport (1940)
  • Miami Beach Post Office at 13th Street, north-west corner (1938–39)
  • Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse (Peoria, Illinois) (1938), a limestone and granite building in Art Deco architecture / Art Nouveau architecture / Art Moderne architecture. Three stories and 118,000 square-feet. Bas reliefs by Freeman L. Schoolcraft
  • Stockyards Post Office on Halsted in Canaryville, Chicago
  • U.S. Post Office (Gary, Indiana) (constructed 1936 and abandoned 1970s)

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