Leslie D. Howell (1884-1969) was an architect and engineer in the Portland firm of Knighton & Howell. The projects are documented in architectural drawings and photographs, and consist of residences, commercial structures, educational institutions, and state offices, from 1912 to 1952.
Repository:
University of Oregon Libraries Special Collections & University Archives
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Biographical Note
Leslie Dillon Howell was born May 31, 1884 in Winfield, Kansas. A graduate of the University of Illinois School of Architecture, he set up practice in Portland, Oregon. Howell worked as a registered architect and engineer for thirty years, and was a partner of William Knighton for sixteen (1922-1938). One building by Knighton & Howell, the Templeton or Frigidaire Building in Portland, is listed on the National Register. Leslie Howell died Nov. 29, 1969, in Portland.
William C. Knighton (1866-1938) served as the architect of the State of Oregon in Salem from 1893 to 1896. He moved to Portland in 1902 and served in the Oregon State Board of Control from 1912 to 1917 (the Board coordinated the management of state institutions, construction of state buildings, and other duties assigned by the legislature). Prior to his partnership with Howell, Knighton had designed the Eastern Oregon State Hospital in Pendleton, the Oregon Supreme Court building and State Library building in Salem, the Governor Hotel in Portland, and the administration building at the University of Oregon in Eugene, now called Johnson Hall.
Content Description
The Leslie D. Howell Architectural Drawings include projects by the firm Knighton & Howell; projects by Howell after Knighton's death in 1938; and one project by Knighton prior to his partnership with Howell, the girls dormitory at Oregon Institute for the Feeble-Minded in Salem, now known as Fairfield. Significant projects include the Oregon State Office building and Grant High School, both located in Salem; the Pythian Home in Vancouver, Washington; and the Boys' Training School in Woodburn, Oregon. The drawings are arranged alphabetically by project name. The photographs show an unidentified public school, an Oregon Motor Stage facility, Gillanders & Burroughs, Inc. Wholesale Grocery in Pendleton, and the Oregon State Office building in Salem.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
Collection is open to the public.
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Preferred Citation :
[Identification of item], Leslie D. Howell Architectural Drawings, Coll. 146, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information :
Gift of estate of Mrs. Leslie D. Howell in 1982.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series I: Architectural Drawings
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Folder
1
Anderson, John. Store building. Forest Grove, OR. 10 sheets
1923
2
Apple Growers Association. Hood River, OR. Oversized
Folder
2
Alterations and additions to Cannery Building. One sheet
1948
2
Reconstruction of warehouse. 10 sheets
1949
2
Reconstruction of warehouse. One sheet
1951
2
Control map. Two sheets
1952
2
Columbia building alterations. 38 sheets
1953-1954
2
Canned goods warehouse. Eight sheets
1954
3
Armpriest, Carl B. Salem, OR. Oversized
Folder
3
Shop building. Five sheets
1949
3
Warehouse building. Four sheets
circa 1950
3
Warehouse building. 17 sheets
1952-1953
4
Boehme Machine Works. Shop Building, Portland, OR. One sheet
1945
5
Business Printing Company. Portland, OR
Folder
5
Printing shop. Two sheets
1945
5
Printing shop addition. One sheet
1950
6
Carlock, Florence Panton. Store building. Vancouver, WA. Six sheets
1927 and 1930
7
Cascade Investment Company. Alterations to front of building. Portland, OR. Oversized, three sheets
1945
8
Cascade Sales Company. Building additions. Portland, OR. Two sheets
1944 and 1947
9
Case Swayne Company. Preliminary plans for cannery. Multnomah City (Portland), OR. Oversized, 11 sheets
1946
10
Chikos, James. Store building alterations. Portland, OR. Oversized, three sheets
1945
11
Cross, Curtis B. Store building. Salem, OR. 12 sheets
1928
12
Eastern Oregon Hospital. Plot plan. Umatilla, OR. Oversized, one sheet
1950
13
Gettings-Lynch Motor Company. Sales & Service building. La Grande, OR. Oversized, 13 sheets
1951
14
Goerig, A.J. and Clyde Philip. Building alterations. Portland, OR. Oversized, one sheet
1945
15
Grant High School. Portland, OR. Oversized, 12 sheets
1923-1925
16
Grant High School. Salem, OR. Oversized, 15 sheets
1923
17
Greenwood, Mr. & Mrs. Frederick. Alterations to residence. Portland, OR. Oversized, four sheets
1953
18
Griffith Rubber Mills. Alterations to main building. Portland, OR 12 sheets
1938
19
Heintz, O.E. Warehouse. Portland, OR. Four sheets
1929
20
Holbrook Lodge, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, Lodge No. 30. Forest Grove, OR. 13 sheets
1924
21
Honeyman, Ronald J. Residence. Arlington Heights (Portland), OR. 11 sheets
1925
22
The Hospital Association. East addition to Oregon State Hospital. Salem, Or. 17 sheets
1926
23
Howell, Leslie D. Portland, OR. Oversized
Folder
23
Residence
1924
23
Residence alterations. 11 sheets
1952
24
Irons, Claude. Warehouse. Pendleton, OR. Oversized, three sheets
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