John Howard Stevens

John Howard Stevens (February 23, 1879 – February 1, 1958) was an American architect who worked in the Shingle style and the Colonial Revival style.

Early life

Stevens was born in Portland, Maine, in 1879, the oldest child of John Calvin Stevens, a noted architect, and Martha Louise Waldron. From the age of five, he lived with his family at 52 Bowdoin Street in Portland's West End.

He was educated in the Portland schools.

Career Stevens began his career as a draftsman, and worked in his father's architectural firm from 1898. They became partners in 1904, under the name Stevens Architects, a business which lasted until his father's death in 1940. Stevens' son, John Calvin II, had joined the practice seven years earlier. The duo went into partnership with James Cooper Saunders in 1953. LeRoy F. Pike Memorial Building, Cornish, Maine, built in 1925

Notable works

Nathan Clifford School, Portland, Maine (1907) Public Library, Limington, Maine (1912) Homes comprising the Norton House Historic District, Falmouth, Maine (1913) John B. Curtis Free Public Library, Bradford, Maine (1915) Concord Haven, Embden, Maine (1915) LeRoy F. Pike Memorial Building, Cornish, Maine (1925) U.S. Post Office-Portland Maine, Portland, Maine (1932) Deering Estate Barn, Portland, Maine (remodel; 1947)

Death Stevens died in 1958, aged 78. He was interred in Portland's Evergreen Cemetery, the same burial site of his parents. His wife was buried beside him upon her death fifteen months later.