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