George Howe (1886–1955) was an American architect and educator, and an early convert to the International style. His personal residence, High Hollow (1914-1917), established the standard for house design in the Philadelphia region through the early 20th century[citation needed]. His partnership with William Lescaze yielded the design of Philadelphia's PSFS Building (1930–32), considered the first International style skyscraper built in the United States.
In 1916, he joined the partnership of Walter Mellor & Arthur Ingersoll Meigs. He served in the military from 1917 to 1919, during World War I. Mellor Meigs & Howe's commissions were mostly residential and minor commercial buildings, with Bryn Mawr College's Goodhart Hall (1926–29), a Neo-Gothic auditorium, being their largest commission of the 1920s.
He left in 1928, and in 1929 formed a partnership with William Lescaze, a younger Swiss architect who had studied at ETH Zurich, and had first hand knowledge of the Europeanavant-garde. Their collaboration yielded the landmark PSFS Building in Philadelphia. The partnership was dissolved in 1932.
"Square Shadows" (William Stix Wasserman house), 6024 Butler Pike, Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania (1932–34).[4] Now Gloria Dei Lutheran Church.
Robert F. Welsh house, 7802 Cobden Road, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania (1934–35).
Alterations to Philadelphia Bulletin Building, NE corner Juniper & Filbert Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1937–43, demolished), with Louis Erhardt McAllister.
Alterations and additions to Chapel Hill, Berryville, Virginia (1938-1941).[5]
Carver Court, housing development in Coatsville, Pennsylvania (1944).[6]
Curtis, William (1987). Modern Architecture Since 1900 (2nd ed.). Prentice-Hall. pp. 157–158. ISBN0-13-586694-4.
Garrison, James (2008). "High Hollow: George Howe House". In William A. Morrison (ed.). Houses of Philadelphia: Chestnut Hill and The Wissahickon Valley 1880-1930 (1st ed.). New York: Acanthus Press LLC. pp. 136–145. ISBN978-0-926494-53-4.