About Herbert Cowell
Lived 1858 – 1943 (aged 84–85). Herbert Cowell was an American architect.
Herbert Cowell (1858–1943) was an American architect who lived in Joliet, Illinois. He designed residences in Plainfield, Illinois. He also worked in Huntsville, Alabama for several years before returning to Illinois.
He lived in Huntsville from about 1900 until 1904. Edgar Lee Love began his career as an assistant to Cowell in Huntsville.
Work Huntsville, Alabama Van Valkenburg House at 501 Franklin Street Sscond East Clinton Street School (demolished) Struve-Hay commercial building at Jefferson and Holmes streets
Illinois Vernette Wraith House (1924), a 1-story tan brick Craftsman / Prairie style bungalow in Joliet 609 Western Avenue in Joliet Struve-Hay Building, 117-123 N. Jefferson Street in Huntsville, Alabama. NRHP listed 603 Franklin Street in Huntsville Fletcher Lowe House 210 Williams
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American architect
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Herbert Cowell was born in 1858.
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Herbert Cowell died in 1943.
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Herbert Cowell was an architect.
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