Marion Alice Parker collection
Scope and Content Note
Collections contains blueprints and a pencil sketch of details for a residence and alterations for another structure. Biographical/Historical Note updated October 2022.
Dates
- 1919
Creator
- Parker, Marion Alice (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Restrictions on Access
The collection is open and available to the public. Advance notice is requested.
Restrictions on Use
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Biographical Note for Marion Alice Parker (1873-1935)
Marion Alice Parker, born in Massachestts and educated in New Hamphire (?), moved to Minneapolis and became the first full-time permanent drafter hired by the architectural firm of Purcell and Feick in 1908. After a decade of work with the firm she became a successful independent architect in Minneapolis, designing residences, a sorority, and other structures and is credited with at least one residence in Fort Collins, CO. She owned and operated "The Home-Spun Shop" in Laguna Beach, CA. for many years and died there in 1935.
Extent
12 items
Abstract
Collections contains blueprints and a pencil sketch of details for a residence and alterations for another structure.
Physical Location
High Bay
- Architects -- United States -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Parker, Marion Alice
- Title
- Marion Alice Parker collection
- Author
- Leslie Czechowski
- Date
- December 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Collecting Area Details
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