Anna Wagner Keichline
General Information
Occupation: Architect
Date of Birth: May 05, 1889
Date of Death: February 05, 1943
Birth City: Bellefonte
Birth State/Province: Pennsylvania
Birth Country: United States
Resident Country: United States
Notes: First registered woman architect in Pennsylvania. Also the Inventor: U.S. Patent for K-brick.
Archive/Repository: IAWA, Special Collections Newman Library, Ms89-016 ; IAWA Online Inventory at :http://spec.lib.vt.edu/iawa/Keichline/annak.html
Sources: Doering, Erika, Rachel Sivitzky, and Rebecca Welz. Goddess in the Details: Product Design by Women: an Exhibition Organized by the Association of Women Industrial Designers and the Department of Exhibitions At Pratt Institute. New York City: Association of Women Industrial Designers, 1994.
Specialties
Subject: Inventions
Subject: Residential
Jobs
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Apprenticeships
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Awards
Name: Patent
Description: new sink design
Date Received: January 01, 1912
Name: Patent
Description: K Brick, a clay building block for hollow wall construction, with predetermined fracture points for custom fitting at the job site
Exhibitions
No exhibitions on record
Notable Projects
Title: Decker House
City: Bellefonte
State: Pennsylvania
Country: United States
Url: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/iawa/images/decker.htm
Education
Institution: Cornell University
Degree: Architecture
Licensing
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Professional Affiliations
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Publications By
Title: "Modern Wall Construction"
Publication: Clay Worker
Date Published: June 01, 1932
Publications About
Title: Goddess in the Details: product design by women
Author: Erika Doering, Rachel Sivitzky, Rebecca Welz
Publisher: Association of Women Industrial Designers (AWID)
City: New York City
Date Published: January 01, 1994
Notes: published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by The Association of Women Industrial Designers and the Department of Exhibitions at Pratt Institute
Title: The patents of a design pioneer: Anna Wagner Keichline
Author: Nancy J Perkins
Publication: Innovation
Volume: 10
Issue: 2
Page: 13-16
Date Published: January 01, 1991
Notes: Spring 1991. Profile of USA pioneer industrial designer and architect, Anna Wagner Keichline. Looks at four design patents awarded for multiple-use - a kitchen sink (1912), kitchen 'units' (1926), a folding bed for apartments (1929) and the 'K Brick Building Block' (1927).