Catherine W. Bishir
General Information
Occupation: Architectural Historian, Adjunct Professor
Birth City: Lexington
Birth State/Province: Kentucky
Birth Country: United States
Resident City: Raleigh
Resident State/Province: North Carolina
Resident Country: United States
Sources: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/news/libraries.php?p=5385&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 ; http://www.hpo.dcr.state.nc.us/guidebooks/bishir.htm
Specialties
Subject: Architecture of North Carolina
Jobs
Employer: North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Title: Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Architecture
City: Raleigh
State: North Carolina
Country: United States
Employer: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
Title: Senior Architectural Historian
City: Raleigh
State: North Carolina
Country: United States
Employer: North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office
Title: several positions in the Survey and Planning Branch
City: Raleigh
State: North Carolina
Country: United States
Employer: North Carolina State University Libraries
Title: Curator of Architecture
City: Raleigh
State: North Carolina
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 2007
Collaborators
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Apprenticeships
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Awards
Name: Abbott Lowell Cummings Award of the Vernacular Architecture Forum
Name: Antoinette Downing Award of the Society of Architectural Historians
Name: Author's Award of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians
Name: American Institute of Architecture (AIA)
Description: Honorary Membership
Date Received: January 01, 2008
Exhibitions
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Notable Projects
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Education
Institution: University of Kentucky
Degree: English
Institution: Duke University
Degree: English
Licensing
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Professional Affiliations
Organization: Vernacular Architecture Forum
Role: Founding Member, President 1993-1995
Organization: Preservation North Carolina
Role: Senior Architectural Historian
Publications By
Title: A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina
Co-author: Michael T. Southern (Contributor)
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
City: Chapel Hill
State: North Carolina
Country: United States
Date Published: 1996
Title: A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina (Richard Hampton Jenrette Series in Architecture and the Decorative Arts)
Co-author: Michael T. Southern, Jennifer F. Martin
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
City: Chapel Hill
State: North Carolina
Country: United States
Date Published: 1999
Title: Architects and Builders in North Carolina: A History of the Practice of Building
Co-author: Charlotte V. Brown, J. Marshall Bullock, William Bushong
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
City: Chapel Hill
State: North Carolina
Country: United States
Date Published: 1990
Title: Early Twentieth-Century Suburbs in North Carolina: Essays on History, Architecture and Planning
Co-author: Lawrence S. Earley (co-editor)
Publisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
City: Raleigh
State: North Carolina
Country: United States
Date Published: 1985
Title: North Carolina Architecture
Co-author: Tim Buchman (Illustrator)
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
City: Chapel Hill
State: North Carolina
Country: United States
Date Published: 1990
Title: A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina
Co-author: Michael T. Southern
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
City: Chapel Hill
State: North Carolina
Country: United States
Date Published: 2003
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