Jobs

Employer: Mechanic Arts High School

Title: Art and Architecture Teacher

City: St. Paul

State: Minnesota

Country: United States

Employer: Fred Harvey Co.

Title: Architect

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Employer: Santa Fe Railway

Title: Architect and Decorator

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Collaborators

Name: Fred Harvey

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Apprenticeships

Institution: San Francisco Architecture Firm

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Awards

No awards on record

Exhibitions

No exhibitions on record

Notable Projects

Title: Grand Canyon projects

Description: Hermit's Rest, Lookout Studio, Bright Angel Lodge, Hopi House, Watchtower, Phantom Ranch

Notes: Mary was a stickler for detail and because of this, many of the workmen didn't like having her around on the site. She went out of her way to give her new constructions an "already lived in" look, and spared no expense in doing so.

Education

Institution: California School of Design, San Francisco, CA

Degree: Bachelor of Art, Art major

Notes: Upon the death of her father she persuaded her mother to allow her to attend this school so she might later help support the remaining family members, her mother and older sister

Licensing

No licenses on record

Professional Affiliations

No affiliations on record

Publications By

No publications by on record

Publications About

Title: Women in Architecture and the problems of biography

Publication: Design Book Review

Issue: 25

Page: 19-22

Title: In the Land of the Hopi

Author: Jeff Book

Publication: House Beautiful

Volume: 138

Issue: 5

Page: 50, 52, 55, 56, 119

Date Published: May 01, 1996

Title: Drawing from the Desert

Author: Arnold Berke

Publication: Preservation

Volume: 49

Issue: 4

Page: 34-43, cover

Date Published: July 01, 1997

Title: Mary Colter, Builder Upon the Red Earth

Author: Virginia L. Grattan

Publisher: Grand Canyon Association

Notes: April 1995