Marion Alice Parker
General Information
Occupation: Architect
Date of Birth: January 01, 1873
Date of Death: January 01, 1935
Birth State/Province: Massachusetts
Birth Country: United States
Resident City: Laguna Beach
Resident State/Province: California
Resident Country: United States
Notes: One of the earliest independent women architects in Minnesota
Archive/Repository: Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, N130
Sources: http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/naa130.xml
Specialties
Subject: Residential Architecture
Url: http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/naa130.xml
Notes: Prairie School
Jobs
Employer: Purcell & Elmslie, Architects
Title: Designer, drafter, architect
City: Minneapolis
State: Minnesota
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1908
Notes: Many of the plans in the Purcell & Elmslie records show Ms. Parker's initials
Employer: Independent private practice
Title: Architect
City: Minneapolis
Start Date: January 01, 1918
Notes: designed residences, a sorority, and at least one residence in Fort Collins, Co
Collaborators
Name: Ethel Bartholomew [possibly only one commission]
Project: Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Organization: Pi Beta Phi
City: Minneapolis
State: Minnesota
Country: United States
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
No awards on record
Exhibitions
No exhibitions on record
Notable Projects
Title: Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Description: Sorority house
City: Minneapolis
Country: United States
Notes: May have collaborated with Ethel Bartholomew
Title: J.S. Ulland Residence
Description: Dwelling
City: Fergus Falls
Country: delete
Url: http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/naa130.xml
Education
Institution: [not known]
Notes: Ms. Parker is believed to have been educated in New Hapmshire, but nothing has ever been proved
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
No affiliations on record
Publications By
Title: Rain-on-the-Roof
Publication: Keith's Magazine
Issue: April, 1916
Page: 247
Publisher: W. J. Keith
City: Minneapolis
Publications About
No publications about on record