Louise Blanchard Bethune Biography

Louise Blanchard Bethune biography

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NAME: Louise Blanchard Bethune
OCCUPATION: Architect
BIRTH DATE: July 21, 1856
DEATH DATE: December 18, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH: Waterloo, New York
PLACE OF DEATH: Buffalo, New York
Originally: Jennie Louise Blanchard

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Louise Blanchard Bethune was an architect and the first woman to open her own independent office.

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Profile

Louise Blanchard Bethune was the first professional woman architect in the U.S., opening an independent office in Buffalo in 1881. Her firm designed several hundred buildings throughout New York state, many of them in the Romanesque revival style popular in the late 19th century. In 1888 she became the first woman elected to the American Institute of Architects.