Elizabeth Hirsh Fleisher


General Information


Occupation: Architect

Date of Birth: 1892

Date of Death: January 01, 1975

Birth City: Philadelphia

Birth State/Province: Pennsylvania

Birth Country: United States

Resident City: Philadelphia

Resident State/Province: Pennsylvania

Resident Country: United States

Sources: www.bwaf.org, communities.aia.org


Specialties


Subject: Factories, theaters, apartment buildings


Subject: Automobile showrooms


Jobs


Employer: Edward P. Simon

Country: United States


Employer: John Craig Janney, A. M. Davis, and D. Owen Stephens

Country: United States

Notes: research and practice in building economics and housing with John Craig Janney, A. M. Davis, and D. Owen Stephens.


Employer: Fleisher, Janney & Davis

Title: Partner

Country: United States


Employer: Fleisher & Stephens

Title: Partner

Country: United States


Collaborators


Name: Gabriel Roth

Project: Parkway House

City: Philadelphia

State: Pennsylvania

Country: United States

Url: http://www.preservationalliance.com/news/news-whats-historic.php


Name: Gabriel Roth

Project: The Queen Lane Housing Project

Country: United States


Apprenticeships


No apprenticeships on record


Awards


Name: not given

Description: for Parkway House



Exhibitions



Notable Projects


Title: Parkway House Apartments

Description: High-rise apartment structure

City: Philadelphia

State: Pennsylvania

Country: United States

Url: www.designobserver.com/media/pdf/Building_of_th_1073.pdf

Notes: early 1950s


Education


Institution: Wellesley College

Degree: Bachelors


Institution: University of Berlin

Notes: spent a year studying at the university


Institution: Smith College

Department: Cambridge School of Architecture

Degree: M.Arch


Institution: Oxford University


Licensing


License: Architecture


License: Registered architect

Notes: First female architect in Philadelphia and fourth woman in Pennsylvania's history to become a registered architect


Professional Affiliations


Organization: American Institute of Architects

Role: member


Organization: Archives of American Health

Role: Editor


Organization: Intercollegiate Community Services Association

Role: Editor


Organization: The College Settlement of Philadelphia a

Role: board member


Organization: Women�s Medical College

Role: board member and architect of its newest building in the 1950s


Organization: Mayors Housing Committee

Role: secertary


Publications By


Country: delete


Publications About


Title: A new and untried course: Woman's Medical College and Medical College of ...

Author: Peitzman, Steven Jay

Publication: Book

Issue: 081352816X

Publisher: rutgers University Press

State: New Jersey

Country: United States

Date Published: January 01, 2000

Url: http://books.google.com/books?id=f_-SVxIluc0C&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq=elizabeth+fleisher+architect&source=bl&ots=wHxd6NZoic&sig=WESBr-bYB8gk8z-Pqvcuhe6ffrs&hl=en&ei=Y


Title: Philadelphia Architecture

Author: Thom Nickels

Publication: Book

Issue: 0738537985

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Country: United States

Date Published: January 01, 2005

Url: http://www.amazon.com/Philadelphia-Architecture-PA-Images-America/dp/0738537985/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270728274&sr=1-3