Ellamae Ellis League
General Information
Occupation: Architect
Date of Birth: July 09, 1899
Date of Death: 1991
Birth City: Macon
Birth State/Province: Georgia
Birth Country: United States
Resident City: Macon
Resident State/Province: Georgia
Resident Country: United States
Notes: Six generations in her family were architects. Practiced from 1992 until retirement in 1975
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Specialties
Subject: houses
Description: residential remodeling
Subject: Churches
Subject: Schools
Subject: public housing
Subject: office buildings
Subject: parking garages
Subject: hospitals
Subject: residential bomb shelter
Subject: Grand Opera House
Description: restoration of opera house
Jobs
Employer: Dunwody & Oliphant
Title: apprentice
City: Macon
Notes: after aquiring a license to pratice as an architect she opened a firm under her name
Employer: League Architect
Title: Principal
City: Macon
State: Georgia
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1934
End Date: January 01, 1975
Collaborators
Apprenticeships
Institution: Macon architectural firm
City: Macon
Notes: Six years as an apprentice along with correspondence coursed from Beaux Arts Institute of Design in NYC
Awards
Name: Ivan Allen Senior Award
Description: for her work on the Macon Grand Opera House restoration
Name: AIA Bronze Medal
Name: Bernard B. Rothschild Award
Notes: the highest honor award by the Georgia AIA and is given for the most distinguished service to the profession of architecture in the state.
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Education
Institution: Wesleyan College.
Institution: Ecole des Beaux-Arts, fontainebleau, France
Start Date: 1927
End Date: 1928
Notes: League also took correspondence courses from the Beaux Arts Institute of Design in New York City.
Licensing
License: architect
Organization: Georgia
Date Awarded: 1934
Professional Affiliations
Organization: American Institute of Architects
Role: Fellow/member
Notes: FAIA 1968. At the time of her death on March 4, 1991, League was still the only female member of the FAIA in Georgia, and one of only eight nationwide.
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