Bethune, Louise, 1856-1913

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Louise Blanchard Bethune, FAIA, was the first woman to practice as a professional architect in the United States. She participated in the design of approximately 180 (known) buildings in the Buffalo and Western New York in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and she was the first woman member of the Western Association of Architects (W.A.A.), the American institute of Architects (A.I.A.) and the first woman to be honored as an A.I.A. Fellow. She was born in Waterloo, New York. Blanchard worked primarily in Buffalo, New York and partnered with her husband at Bethune, Bethune & Fuchs. Her biggest project was the Hotel Lafayette, including its expansion project, but she also worked on many other residential and commercial projects, including many public school buildings.
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referencedIn IAWA Small Collections, 1907-2013 Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
referencedIn IAWA Small Collections Virginia Tech
referencedIn IAWA Small Collections, 1907-2013 Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
creatorOf Bethune, Bethune & Fuchs. Bethune, Bethune & Fuchs frame dwelling drawings, April 1902. Buffalo History Museum, Research Library
creatorOf Zina Bethune collection on Louise Bethune State University of New York at Buffalo. Archives.
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creatorOf Zina Bethune Collection on Louise Bethune digital collection State University of New York at Buffalo. Archives.
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Waterloo NY US
Buffalo NY US
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Birth 1856-07-21

Death 1913-12-18

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