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Storming the old boys' citadel : two pioneer women architects of nineteenth century North America / Carla Blank and Tania Martin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blank, Carla.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Joseph, Mother, 1823-1902.
- Joseph.
- Bethune, Louise, 1856-1913.
- Bethune, Louise.
- Women architects.
- Architecture--North America--History.
- Architecture.
- History.
- North America.
- Physical Description:
- 230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Montréal : Baraka Books, [2014]
- Summary:
- "Women" and "Architecture" were once mutually exclusive. In an 1891 address, Louise Blanchard Bethune declared, "it is hardly safe to assert" that a connection even exists between the two words. Some women didn't agree. Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart (1823-1902) is credited with works built in the present states of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and British Columbia. Born Esther Pariseau in Saint-Elzéar, Québec, the "Mother with a hammer" was honored by the State of Washington as one of two people to represent it in the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington, D.C. Louise Blanchard Bethune (1856-1913) designed and built works in the Buffalo, New York area, including the Lafayette Hotel, which was one of the eleven most luxurious hotels in the United States when it opened in 1904. Mother Joseph's and Louise Bethune's signature buildings, Providence Academy, Vancouver, Washington, and the Lafayette Hotel, Buffalo, New York, are both listed on the United States' National Register of Historic Places. Both buildings are cases of historic preservation and adaptive reuse. Carla Blank and Tania Martin breathe new life into the lives and works of these two remarkable nineteenth-century women. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Pt. I The Sister with a Hammer
- An Architect Named Joseph
- An "Enterprising Nun"
- A Heartful Vocation
- Holy Trinity of Settlement
- Providence Faubourg
- Move to Higher Ground
- Providence House Vancouver
- A Brickworks is Born in Vancouver
- From House of Providence to Providence Academy
- Providence Academy for Sale
- Salvation of the Building
- Mother Joseph Goes to DC, a Landmark is Designated
- Restoration of the Chapel
- The Academy for Sale
- Mother Joseph's Signature Building
- Holy Trinity of Development
- A Bridge Across Time, and Interstate 5
- Pt. II Saving a Grand Old Lady
- Jennie Louise Blanchard Bethune (1856 - 1913)
- The Sources of Buffalo's Heyday The Making of an Architect
- How Buffalo Became an Architectural Museum
- The Architectural Practice of Louise
- Blanchard Bethune
- Pioneering Feats
- Searching Bethune's Buildings
- The Business of a Dedicated Professional Woman
- Private Life
- The Closing Days
- Bethune's Signature Legacy: The Lafayette Hotel
- The Lafayette's Neighbors
- "The Russians want to be French" says Nina L. Khruscheva. So do Americans!
- A President is Gunned Down
- Construction History: Putting the Pieces Together
- The Hotel's Gilded Grand Opening
- Doubling the Footprint
- Prelude of Changes to Come
- The Founding Families
- From A Residence of Presidents to a Crack House
- Rescuing the Fallen Lady and Other Buffalo Architectural Gems
- The Nineteenth-Century Luxury Hotel as a Model for Modern Living
- The Lafayette Hotel's 43-Million-Dollar Restoration
- Creating a Place in the Historical Record
- ISBN:
- 1771860138
- 9781771860130
- OCLC:
- 889174898
- Publisher Number:
- 99961812611
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