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
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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