Beverly Lorraine Greene


General Information


Occupation: Architect

Date of Birth: October 04, 1915

Date of Death: August 22, 1957

Birth City: Chicago

Birth State/Province: Illinois

Birth Country: United States

Resident City: New York City

Resident State/Province: New York

Resident Country: United States

Notes: May be first documented black female architect (licensed in Illinois on December 28, 1942)

Sources: Washington, Roberta. "Beverly Loraine Green," in Wilson (ed.), African American Architects, pp. 175-176.


Specialties


Subject: Housing


Jobs


Employer: Chicago Housing Authority

Title: Architect

City: Chicago

Country: United States


Employer: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Title: Architect

City: New York

Country: United States

Notes: Left to attend Columbia University on scholarship


Employer: Edward Durrell Stone

Title: Architect

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States

Notes: worked on Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville and a theater at University of Arkansas


Employer: Isadore Rosenfield Architects

Title: Architect

City: New York

Country: United States

Notes: with Conrad A. Johnson, Jr.


Employer: Self-Employed

Title: Architect

City: New York

Country: United States


Collaborators


Name: None

Project: None

Country: delete


Apprenticeships


No apprenticeships on record


Awards



Exhibitions


Title: Exhibit of the work of Negroes in Architecture organized by the Council for the Advancement of the Negro in Architecture

Description: Exhibit of members of CANA made available to groups in other cities for exhibit

City: New York City

State: New York

Country: United States


Notable Projects



Education


Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Department: Architecture

Degree: Bachelor of Science in Architecural Engineering

End Date: January 01, 1936


Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Department: Architecture

Degree: Master of Science

End Date: January 01, 1937


Institution: Columbia University

Department: Architecture and City Planning

Degree: Master in Architecture

End Date: January 01, 1945


Licensing


License: Architect

Organization: State of Illinois

Date Awarded: December 28, 1942

Notes: No.3002


Professional Affiliations


Organization: Council for the Advancment of the Negro in Architecture (CANA)

Role: Member

Notes: Mentioned in a letter published in Ebony, March 1957, p. 12


Publications By


No publications by on record


Publications About


Title: Woman Architect (Letter to the Editor)

Author: Isaiah Ehrlich

Publication: Ebony Magazine

Page: 12

Publisher: Johnson Publications

City: Chicago

Date Published: January 01, 1957

Notes: Letter to the editor mentioning Greene and three other African-American female architects


Title: African-American architects: a biographical dictionary, 1865-1945

Author: Dreck Spurlock Wilson (ed.)

Publisher: Routledge

City: New York City

State: New York

Country: United States

Date Published: January 01, 2004


Title: Woman Architect's Services at Unity

Author: Obituary

Publication: New York Amsterdam News

Page: 4

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States

Date Published: September 07, 1957


Title: Beverly L. Greene

Publication: Jet

Page: 45

Publisher: Johnson Publications

City: Chicago

Country: United States

Date Published: September 05, 1957

Notes: Obituary


Title: Miss Beverly L. Greene

Publication: Chicago Daily Tribune

Page: Part 3, Page 15

City: Chicago

Country: United States

Date Published: August 26, 1957

Notes: Obituary