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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