{{Short description|American architect (1887–1980)}} {{Infobox architect | name = Emma Brunson | image = Emmabrunson1923.jpg | image_size = 200px | alt = | caption = Oshkosh Daily Northwestern Feb 1, 1923 | birth_name = Emma Gruetzke | birth_date = 1887 | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|1887}} | death_place = St. Paul, Minnesota | other_names = | alma_mater = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | awards = | practice = | significant_buildings = | significant_projects = | significant_design = | signature = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | embedded = <!-- For embedding other infoboxes in this infobox --> }} '''Emma (née Gruetzke) Brunson''' (1887–1980) was an American architect and the state of Minnesota's first registered woman architect.<ref name="auto">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/RCHS_Fall2017_Trout-Oertel.pdf |magazine=Ramsey County History |date=Fall 2007 |volume=52 |issue=3 |publisher=Ramsey County Historical Society |page=15 |title=Emma F. Brunson: The first woman registered as an architect in Minnesota |first=Diane |last=Troute-Oertel |issn=0485-9758 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210715125539/https://www.rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/RCHS_Fall2017_Trout-Oertel.pdf |archive-date=15 July 2021}}</ref>
==Life and work== Brunson was probably born in St. Paul, Minnesota. Nothing is known of her education and training, however, she worked as a drafter and specifications writer for Augustus F. Gauger for 15 years before she opened her own firm in 1920. She became Minnesota's First registered woman architect on December 23, 1921, soon after the enactment of the Minnesota law requiring registration for architects and engineers. She did primarily residential work until her retirement in 1968. Brunson died in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1980.<ref name="Allaback2008">{{cite book |first=Sarah |last=Allaback |title=The first American women architects |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OpY0KmICqKYC&pg=PA42 |accessdate=5 February 2012 |date=23 May 2008 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-03321-6 |page=56}}</ref>
==Projects== Some of her buildings are:<ref name="biodict">{{cite book|title=Minnesota Architects: A Biographical Dictionary|last=Lathrop|first=Alan K.|publisher=University of Minnesota Press|year=2010}}</ref> * Hugo Koch residence, Osceola Avenue between Albert and Hamline Avenues, Saint Paul, Minnesota (1923) * Emma Brunson residence, Maryland Street between Arcade and Mendota Streets, Saint Paul * Theodore Maier residence, 616 Gotzian, St. Paul (1926) * C.E. Smith residence, 673 Nebraska Avenue, St. Paul (1926) * George E & Anne N Olson House, 203 Montrose Pl, St. Paul (1936)<ref name="auto"/>
==Legacy==
Her papers are held in the Northwest Architectural Archives<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/naa123.xml|title = Emma F. Brunson papers, N123, Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN|last =|first =|date =|website =|publisher =|access-date =}}</ref> at the University of Minnesota.<ref name="Allaback2008"/>
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===Sources=== *[https://www.rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/RCHS_Fall2017_Trout-Oertel.pdf Emma Brunson- The First Woman Registered as an Architect in MN] by Diane Oertel, Ramsey County History Magazine Fall 2017
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