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7.  “Professional license results for Howard John Strong,”  State of Nebraska Board of Engineers and Architects website, accessed September 10, 2013, http://www.ea.ne.gov/search/search.php?page=details&lic=A252
 
7.  “Professional license results for Howard John Strong,”  State of Nebraska Board of Engineers and Architects website, accessed September 10, 2013, http://www.ea.ne.gov/search/search.php?page=details&lic=A252
  
8. ""Blueprints and other documents available at Strong Home-1720 S. 77th Street," Susan I. Strong, correspondence to Bob Puschendorf, Nebraska State Historical Society, January 20, 2010. In Historic Preservation Architect Files.
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8. "Blueprints and other documents available at Strong Home-1720 S. 77th Street," Susan I. Strong, correspondence to Bob Puschendorf, Nebraska State Historical Society, January 20, 2010. In Historic Preservation Architect Files.
  
 
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Norfolk, Nebraska, 1952-1967


Howard John Strong was born June 29, 1920 in Norfolk, Nebraska.[3][6] Strong fought in World War II. He attended the University of Southern California and the University of Nebraska, each for one year, and he attended Wayne State College.[3][4] He practiced privately in Norfolk, and he was the planning architect for the University of Nebraska from 1967-1985. Strong was also a certified fallout shelter analyst for the U.S. Department of Defense.[4][6]

Strong was a member of the American Legion Post 3, the Honor Math Society, the Honor Science Society, Downtown Kiwanis, the Lions Club in Norfolk, the American Institute of Architects, the Christ Lutheran Church, Lambda Delta Lambda, and Kappa Mu Epsilon. At one point, he was president of the Nebraska chapter of the AIA. He was the director of the National Board of Field Advisers, Small Business Administration, and he was on the Board of Directors of the Lutheran Community Hospital.[3][4][6]

Strong died January 13, 1997. He left his wife, Shirley, as well as four daughters, one son, and several grandchildren.[6]

This page is a contribution to the publication, Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. See the format and contents page for more information on the compilation and page organization.

Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings

Norfolk, Nebraska, 1952-1967

Educational & Professional Associations

1937-1938: J.C. Stitt, Architect.[3]

1945-1949: J.C. Stitt, Architect.[3]

1949- 1953 : architect and partner, Watson & Strong, Norfolk, Nebraska.[3][4]

1951: Registered Professional Architect, Nebraska, A-252; December 29, 1951.[7]

1952-1964: architect and principal, Howard J. Strong Associates, Norfolk, Nebraska.[3][4]

1964-1967: architect and partner, Simpson-Strong Architects, Inc., Norfolk, Nebraska.

1967-1985: planning architect, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.[4][6]

1985: staff architect, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska.[1]

1992: License expired December 31, 1992.[7]

Buildings & Projects

Gillette Dairy (1959), Norfolk, Nebraska.[3]

General Wholesale Coop (1959), Norfolk, Nebraska.[3]

Science Building (1960), Norfolk Junior College, Norfolk, Nebraska.[3]

Westside Elementary School (1960), Norfolk, Nebraska.[3]

E.U.B. Church (1961), Norfolk, Nebraska.[3]

Hartington Swimming Pool (1961), Hartington, Nebraska.[3]

Capri Motor Hotel (1961), Norfolk, Nebraska.[8]

Delay First National Bank (1966), Norfolk, Nebraska.[4]

Neligh High School (1966), Neligh, Nebraska.[4]

General Wholesale (1969), Norfolk, Nebraska.[4][8]

University of Nebraska College of Business Administration (1969), Lincoln, Nebraska.[4]

Mount Olive Lutheran Church (1970), Norfolk, Nebraska.[4][8]

York Legion Club (1970), York, Nebraska.[8]

Assembly of God Remodel (1971), 56th & R., Lincoln, Nebraska.[8]

Howells Trinity Lutheran (1971), Howells, Nebraska.[8]

Warren United Methodist (1971), Lincoln, Nebraska.[8]

Stanton Public Schools Shop Building (1971), Stanton, Nebraska.[8]

Burke Community Hospital (1972), Burke, South Dakota.[8]

Geneva United Methodist Church (1976), Geneva, Nebraska.[8]

Dewitt United Methodist Church (1981), Dewitt, Nebraska.[8]

Leigh Public School (1982), Leigh, Nebraska.[8]

Undated

State Game Commission Building (n.d.), Norfolk, Nebraska.

Notes

a. Photocopy on file (J. C. Stitt file), State Historic Preservation Office; includes a listing of all projects, plans, and tracings on file in the office of Howard J. Strong Associates, successor firm to Watson & Strong, Architects, which in turn was successor to J. C. Stitt, Architect. Only selected buildings have been culled from this publication for inclusion in the listings on this page, and then only those matching the dates of the above directory listings.

References

1. “Campus architect Bob Carpenter is a practical dreamer,” University of Nebraska-Lincoln Bulletin Board 49:36 (June 10, 1985), 1.

2. AIA Historical Directory of American Architects: A Resource Guide to Finding Information About Past Architects, accessed August 3, 2010, http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/ahd1043608.aspx

3. American Institute of Architects, comp., American Architects Directory Second Ed. (New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1962), 684, accessed April 4, 2010, http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/1962%20American%20Architects%20Directory.aspx

4. American Institute of Architects, comp., American Architects Directory Third Ed. (New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1970), 890, accessed April 4, 2010, http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/1970%20American%20Architects%20Directory.aspx

5. "Howard J. Strong Associates, Architects [Norfolk, Nebraska]" NP:nd [ca. 1966].[a]

6. “Strong-Howard J,” Lincoln Journal-Star (January 14, 1997), 3B:3. (Duplicate info) “Howard Strong,” "Norfolk Daily News" (January 15, 1997), 13:2.

7. “Professional license results for Howard John Strong,” State of Nebraska Board of Engineers and Architects website, accessed September 10, 2013, http://www.ea.ne.gov/search/search.php?page=details&lic=A252

8. "Blueprints and other documents available at Strong Home-1720 S. 77th Street," Susan I. Strong, correspondence to Bob Puschendorf, Nebraska State Historical Society, January 20, 2010. In Historic Preservation Architect Files.

Page Citation

D. Murphy, “Howard John Strong (1920-1997), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, March 19, 2015. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, October 31, 2024.


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