MSS. Manuscript Collections
Record Group
Identifier: MSS
Found in 2051 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Brown Channel Architectural Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2007-030
Abstract
After graduating from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1929, Mary Ramsay Brown Channel earned her degree in architecture at Cornell University in 1933. She returned to her hometown of Portsmouth, Virginia, and worked at a firm for two years before opening her own office as the first registered woman architect in Virginia. She became known for her residential and church designs. Her collection includes sketches and drawings for about 160 mostly residential projects in the Portsmouth area....
Dates:
1936 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1936 - 1950