Howard Dwight Smith

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Howard Dwight Smith (February 21, 1886 – April 27, 1958) was an architect best known for his plans for the Ohio Stadium (completed in 1922) for which the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal for Public Building Design was awarded. In 1886, Dwight Smith, Andrew Jackson Smith and Nancy Evaline Moore's third child, was born in Dayton, Ohio, and was named after the evangelist Dwight Moody.

His father, a Civil War Hundred Days Man, had been a farmer (in Logan County, Ohio and Kansas), a teamster and salesman for a flour milling company (in Dayton), and a minor political figure (elected to the Dayton Board of Education). Dwight Smith earned a degree in Civil Engineering in Architecture from Steele High School in Dayton in 1907 and graduated from The Ohio State University in Civil Engineering.

At Columbia University, he studied architecture.

He worked in Washington, DC, as an architectural draftsman, before returning to Columbia to earn his Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1910.

He received the $1,100 Perkins Traveler Fellowship and travelled and studied in Europe for ten months in 1911, mainly in Italy.

Since graduating, he worked for John Russell Pope's firm and moved from Europe to rejoin Pope's in November 1911, where he became the chief designer, designing on Long Island and Carnegie Steel Company's Henry Clay Frick mansion. He continued his relationship with Pope until he was persuaded to come to Columbus, Ohio, to lay the new football stadium in 1917.

Early life and education

Howard Dwight Smith was born in Dayton, Ohio, on February 21, 1886, as the third child of Andrew Jackson Smith and Nancy Evaline Moore and Nancy Evaline Moore, who was named after the evangelist Dwight Moody. His father, a Civil War Hundred Days Man, had been a farmer (in Logan County, Ohio and Kansas), a teamster and salesman for a flour milling company (in Dayton), and a minor political figure (elected to the Dayton Board of Education).

Smith graduated from Steele High School in Dayton in 1907 with a degree in Civil Engineering in Architecture. At Columbia University, he studied architecture. He spent one year as an architectural draftsman in the Office of the Supervising Architect in Washington, Washington, D.C., before returning to Columbia in 1910 to earn his Bachelor of Architecture degree.

Personal life

Dwight Smith married Myrna Cott of Columbus, Ohio, on January 29, 1912. They had five children: Marjorie, Jackson, Howard, Myrna, and Priscilla. After the death of his first wife, he married Mary Edith Thompson Gramlich, a widow with two children, on January 17, 1936. He lived in New York City from 1908 to 1917, as well as in Upper Arlington, Ohio, until his death. For years, he was a fan of the Buckeyes football team, alongside fellow Daytonian Orville Wright, another ardent supporter. Beverly D'Angelo and Jeff D'Angelo, Smith's grandchildren, are among those who recall the film actress Beverly D'Angelo and jazz guitarist Jeff D'Angelo. Gene D'Angelo, the former president of WBNS stations in Columbus, Ohio, is his father-in-law.

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Career

In 1911, he received the $1,100 Perkins Traveling Fellowship and travelled and studied in Europe for ten months, mainly in Italy. Since graduation, he had worked with John Russell Pope's firm and moved from Europe to rejoin Pope's office in November 1911, where he was the head designer, residing on Long Island and Henry Clay Frick of Carnegie Steel Company.

He continued his friendship with Pope until he was refused to visit Columbus, Ohio, to design the new football stadium about 1917. He was also a Professor of Architecture at Ohio State for three years from 1918 to 1921, as well as planning and overseeing the construction of Ohio Stadium. Ohio Stadium was then the world's biggest two-level, open-ended stadium. He then served as the head architect for the Columbus Public Schools. He later returned to Ohio State, where he served as University Architect from October 1929 to June 1956.

Smith redesigned The Ohio State University's long-term campus master plan as his mentor Pope did at Yale University. He suggested that the campus be extended across the Olentangy River. He designed or oversaw construction of thirty University buildings during his tenure as an architect in Ohio, particularly during the postwar period. Among these were Hughes Hall (music), the Alpheus W. Smith Laboratories (physics), the optical Laboratories, the optometry building, and, of course, the St. John Arena and French Field House. The challenge of planning and coordinating the construction of so many new buildings in those years was so great that some outside architects were hired for the task, as well as the Ohio Union, Mershon Auditorium, and the bulk of those in the Medical Center complex. Smith-Steeb Hall was named after Dwight Smith and Carl E. Steeb.

Smith continued to work as a consultant for various organizations or on specific initiatives, including Wittenberg College, the Upper Arlington Board of Education, the Columbus and Springfield Y.M.C.A.'s, the Columbus and Springfield Y.M.C.A.'s, the John Russell Pope office, the Columbus and Springfield City Halls, and Columbus West High School.

His work was also part of the 1932 Summer Olympics' architecture exhibit.

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