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


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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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