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TPC Salutes Great Women Architects: Anna Keichline
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A Pioneer and Inventor of the K Brick – Precursor to the Concrete Block
Imagine living in the early 1900s and actually owning and driving your own car. Can anything be more progressive for the times?
Anna Keichline, Pennsylvania’s first registered woman architect and the first woman to actually practice the profession, led an extraordinarily non-traditional life. Aside from being an architect and inventor, she served as a special agent for military intelligence in World War I. She participated in a women’s suffrage march in Washington, D.C. and served on President Hoover’s Better Housing Conference.
Born in Bellefonte, PA in 1889 and the youngest of four children, Keichline showed promise at an Read more
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Great Women in Architecture: Hearst Castle's Julia Morgan
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Redefined American Luxury with Hearst Castle but also a Passion for Arts & Crafts House Design
The first woman to study architecture at the prestigious Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, Julia Morgan’s crowning achievement is Hearst Castle. Located halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco in San Simeon, Hearst Castle stands as one of the magnificent architectural structures in the U.S. and the most famous “creation” of Julia Morgan, who also supervised its construction from 1919 to 1947. However, it is by no means her only significant contribution to architecture and building.
Commissioned by William Randolf Hearst, the San Simeon estate reflected the architectural styles and decor that he Read more
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