Theodate Pope Riddle
General Information
Occupation: Architect
Date of Birth: February 02, 1867
Date of Death: August 30, 1946
Birth City: Salem
Birth State/Province: Ohio
Birth Country: United States
Resident City: Farmington
Resident State/Province: Connecticut
Resident Country: United States
Notes: Born Effie Brooks Pope, she changed her name at age of 19 to Theodate.
Sources: wikipedia.org, www.hillstead.org/history/theodate
Specialties
Subject: Houses
Description: Hill-Stead family estate
Url: http://www.hillstead.org/history/theodate.html
Notes: now Hill-Stead Museum In Farmington, Connecticut
Subject: Houses
Description: Avon Old Farms School
Url: www.avonoldfarms.com
Jobs
Employer: Mckim Mead & White
Title: architect
City: New York
Country: United States
Notes: designed a clapboard house equipped with modern convenieces
Collaborators
Name: Edgerton Swarthout
Project: designed clapboard house
Organization: Mckim Mead & White
City: New York
State: New York
Country: United States
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Exhibitions
Notable Projects
Title: Hill-Stead
Description: Family estate now a museum
City: Farmington
State: Connecticut
Country: United States
Url: http://www.hillstead.org/history/theodate.
Title: Westover School
Description: school
City: Middlebury
State: Connecticut
Country: United States
Url: http://www.hillstead.org/history/theodate.
Title: Highfield
Description: House
City: Middlebury
Country: United States
Url: http://www.hillstead.org/history/theodate.
Notes: builds three houses for hill-stead workers at 179 181 185 Garden st ,Farmington
Title: Dormer House
Description: House
City: Locust Valley
Country: United States
Url: http://www.hillstead.org/history/theodate.
Title: Hope Brook School
Description: School
City: Naugatauk
Country: United States
End Date: 1920
Url: http://www.hillstead.org/history/theodate.
Notes: reconstruted Theodore Roosevelt's house
Title: Avon Old Farms School
Description: Designed and founded the school in Avon, Connecticut
City: Avon
State: Connecticut
Country: United States
Education
Institution: Miss Porter's School
Notes: self trained architect
Licensing
License: architect
Professional Affiliations
Organization: American Institute of Architects
Role: member
Start Date: 1918
Notes: until deceased
Organization: Architectural League of New York
Role: member
Organization: The Archaelogical Institute of America
Role: member
Organization: Medieval Academy of America
Role: member
Publications By
Country: delete
Publications About
Title: Dearest of Geniuses, A Life of Theodate Pope Riddle
Author: Katz, Sandra L.
Publication: book
Publisher: Tide-Mark Press
City: Windsor
State: Connecticut
Country: United States
Date Published: 2003
Url: www.tide-mark.com.
Title: Theodate Pope Riddle: Her Life and Work
Author: Paine, Judith
Publication: book
Publisher: National Park Service
City: Washington, DC
Date Published: 1979
Title: Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, A Publication and Exhibition Organized by the Architectural League of New York
Author: Torre, Susanna, Ed.
Publication: Book
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
City: New York
State: New York
Country: United States
Date Published: January 01, 1977