# Rose Connor > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rose_Connor > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rose_Connor.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Connor > Source revision: 1256550875 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American architect}} {{About|the American architect|the American author|Rose Connors}} {{Infobox person | name = Rose Connor | other_names = | image = File:Rose_Connor_at_a_drawing_table.png | caption = Rose Connor in 1948 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1892|3|4|mf=yes}}{{r|ssdi}} | birth_place = [Des Moines, Iowa](/source/Des_Moines%2C_Iowa){{r|allaback}} | death_date = {{dda|1970|12|29|1892|3|4|mf=yes}}{{r|obit}} | death_place = [Claremont, California](/source/Claremont%2C_California){{r|obit}} | occupation = [Architect](/source/Architect) | known = | years_active = 1923 – 64 | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relations = | website = | footnotes = | employer = | height = | signature = Rose Connor signature.png }} '''Rose Connor''' {{post-nominals|list=[AIA](/source/American_Institute_of_Architects)}} (March 4, 1892 – December 29, 1970) was an American architect. Called "one of the earliest and most successful [women architects](/source/Women_in_architecture) of the 20th century",{{r|palm}} her architectural work was largely residential projects in [Southern California](/source/Southern_California), but she also did work for the U.S. military and [Fuller Theological Seminary](/source/Fuller_Theological_Seminary).{{r|allaback}} ==Biography== Connor was born in [Des Moines, Iowa](/source/Des_Moines%2C_Iowa){{r|bowker1970}} in 1892.{{r|palm}} She was the daughter of William Connor and Eva Gatch. Her father was a lawyer and "prominent citizen and jurist"{{r|1904obit}} in Des Moines who had served in the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War). He had been born in [Ireland](/source/Ireland) and came to the United States as a boy.{{r|1904obit}} She had three sisters, Elizabeth, Marjorie, and Dorothy.{{r|1904obit}}{{r|obit}} Connor's father died at age 58 when she was a child.{{r|1904obit}} ===Education=== Connor attended Des Moines public schools until eleventh grade{{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=68}} and then continued her education abroad. She studied art & jewelry{{r|bowker1970}} at the [Académie Colarossi](/source/Acad%C3%A9mie_Colarossi) in [Paris](/source/Paris){{r|palm}} and attended the [Birmingham School of Art](/source/Birmingham_School_of_Art) in [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham), [England](/source/England).{{r|bowker1956}} Connor then moved back to the U.S. and studied interior decoration at the [Parsons School of Design](/source/Parsons_School_of_Design) (then known as New York School of Fine and Applied Art).{{r|archrec2}} She also attended [Cooper Union](/source/Cooper_Union).{{r|bowker1970}} Starting in 1923, Connor made her living as a [drafter](/source/drafter) for a series of architects, including T. Beverly Keim in Los Angeles, [Allen & Collens](/source/Allen_%26_Collens) in Boston, Soule & Murphy in Santa Barbara, and [Reginald D. Johnson](/source/Reginald_D._Johnson), W. L. Risley and [Allison & Allison](/source/Allison_%26_Allison), all in Los Angeles.{{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=69}} During this period (from 1925 to 1930) she studied architecture at the Pasadena Atelier{{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=68}} of the [Beaux-Arts Institute of Design](/source/Beaux-Arts_Institute_of_Design).{{r|bowker1970}} ===Career as an architect=== Connor was licensed to practice architecture in California in 1936 and opened her own firm in [Pasadena](/source/Pasadena%2C_California) in October of that year.{{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=69}} She became a member of the [American Institute of Architects](/source/American_Institute_of_Architects) (AIA) in 1944.{{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=69}} Her practice was mainly residential commissions for professional women.{{r|palm}} From 1946 to 1950 she also designed several small housing projects (from 16 to 74 houses) in [Lakewood](/source/Lakewood%2C_California), [Downey](/source/Downey%2C_California), and [Anaheim](/source/Anaheim%2C_California).{{r|aiaroster}} The Rev. [Charles E. Fuller](/source/Charles_E._Fuller_(Baptist_minister)) was a major patron of Connor's work. He and his wife Grace{{r|latimes1940}} commissioned eight separate houses from Connor for their own use or as rental properties at various times. Connor also worked as an associate architect with the firm of Orr, Strange & Inslee on the project to build [Fuller Theological Seminary](/source/Fuller_Theological_Seminary) in 1953.{{r|palm}} Connor suspended her practice from February 1942 to April 1946 due to World War II.{{r|aiaroster}} During this time she worked for the [United States Army Corps of Engineers](/source/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers){{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=69}} working on [camouflage](/source/camouflage){{r|bowker1970}} and "other work."{{r|aiaroster}} Connor often employed the landscape architects [Florence Yoch](/source/Florence_Yoch) and [Lucile Council](/source/Lucile_Council) on her projects.{{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=69}} Another architect she worked with was [John Byers](/source/John_Byers_(architect)) with whom she designed an [adobe](/source/adobe) house in [San Gabriel](/source/San_Gabriel%2C_California) in 1946.{{r|byers}} ===Women in architecture=== At the time Connor began her practice, women architects were rare. Connor was only the sixth woman to be admitted to AIA from California.{{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=238}} In 1948 Connor was one of only 10 women architects in California who had their own firms, according to the ''[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)''.{{r|latimes1948}} That same year, ''[Architectural Record](/source/Architectural_Record)'' documented 1,119 women who had trained as architects but found that only 108 were actually practicing.{{r|archrec1}} The two-part article showcased the work of 18 of them, including Connor.{{r|archrec2}} Connor was a member of [Union Internationale des Femmes Architectes](/source/Union_Internationale_des_Femmes_Architectes) (UIFA){{r|obit}} and was elected to the national board of [Association for Women in Architecture](/source/Association_for_Women_in_Architecture_and_Design) in 1958.{{r|latimes1958}} That year Connor researched the records of architects in all the U.S. states and found that at that time, there were only 320 women registered architects; there were seven states which had no women architects registered at all, and women represented about one percent of all the registered architects in the United States in her survey.{{r|almanac}} ===Personal life=== Connor never married.{{r|obit}} She was involved in charitable groups outside architecture including the Pasadena chapter of [Zonta International](/source/Zonta_International) and was a charter member of the Women's City Club of Pasadena.{{r|obit}} In 1964 Connor lost vision in her left eye due to [temporal arteritis](/source/temporal_arteritis), and gave up her practice on the advice of her physicians.{{r|aiafile}} She moved to [Claremont, California](/source/Claremont%2C_California) that year{{r|obit}} and became an [emeritus](/source/emeritus) member of AIA in 1965.{{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=69}} She died on December 29, 1970, in Claremont and was buried in the family plot in [Woodland Cemetery](/source/Woodland_Cemetery_(Des_Moines%2C_Iowa)) in her hometown of Des Moines.{{r|obit}} The [Art, Design & Architecture Museum](/source/Art%2C_Design_%26_Architecture_Museum) has a collection of her drawings. The [Schlesinger Library](/source/Schlesinger_Library) has papers related to UIFA donated by Connor.{{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=70}} ==List of works== All of Connor's known architectural work was in California; here is a partial list: * Beardsley House, Eagle Rock (1937){{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=69}} * Hickman House, Los Angeles (1938){{r|archrec2}}{{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=69}} * Ransome Beach House, Three Arch Bay (1938){{r|archrec2}}{{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=69}} * Marshall Triplex, Los Angeles (1939){{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=69}} * Grace Fuller Rental Houses, South Pasadena (1940){{r|latimes1940}} * Caldwell House, Hollywood (1942){{r|archrec2}}{{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=70}} * Marshall Duplex, Monterey (1946){{r|latimes1946}} * Sturtevant House, Balboa (1947){{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=70}} * Brown House, Laguna (1948){{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=70}} * Brown-Mountain House, Seven Oaks (1950){{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=70}} * Fuller House, Newport Beach (1950){{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=70}} * Nightingale Mountain Cabin, Sky Forest (1952){{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=70}} * Fuller House, San Marino (1952){{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=70}} * Young Women's Christian Association ([NRHP listed](/source/Pasadena_Civic_Center_District)) (28 North Marengo Avenue, Pasadena) (1952, 1956) alterations{{r|pasadena_civic}} * [Fuller Theological Seminary](/source/Fuller_Theological_Seminary), Pasadena (1952-1953){{sfn|Allaback|2008|p=70}} ==See also== * [Edith Northman](/source/Edith_Northman), another early woman California architect * [Women in architecture](/source/Women_in_architecture) ==References== {{reflist|30em|refs= {{cite book|title=The First American Women Architects |last=Allaback |first=Sarah |year=2008 |pages=68–70 |location=Urbana |publisher=[University of Illinois Press](/source/University_of_Illinois_Press) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OpY0KmICqKYC&pg=PA68 |access-date=July 10, 2018 |isbn=9780252033216 |oclc=167518574 | via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}} {{cite news|last=Callan |first=Mary Ann | title=Women Succeed As Architects |newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |date=November 24, 1948 |page=B1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22893749/rose_connor_in_women_succeed_as/ | access-date=November 15, 2018 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) |url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115213359/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22893749/rose_connor_in_women_succeed_as/ | archive-date=November 15, 2018}} {{cite book|title=American Architects Directory |edition=3rd|year=1970|location=[New York City](/source/New_York_City) |publisher=[R. R. Bowker LLC](/source/R._R._Bowker_LLC) |page=174 |oclc=903050977 |title-link=American Architects Directory}} {{cite book|title=American Architects Directory |edition=1st|year=1956|location=[New York City](/source/New_York_City) |publisher=[R. R. Bowker LLC](/source/R._R._Bowker_LLC) |page=106 |oclc=476432658 |title-link=American Architects Directory}} {{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMM9-BMP|title=Rose Connor|publisher=[Social Security Death Index](/source/Social_Security_Death_Index) |url-access=registration|via=[Family Search](/source/Family_Search)|access-date=July 11, 2018}} {{cite book|title=Almanac of Architecture & Design |edition=2005 |last1=Cramer | first1=James P. | last2=Yankopolus | first2=Jennifer Evans |year=2005 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780967547794/page/398 398]|location=Atlanta |publisher=Greenway Group |isbn=9780967547794 |oclc= 57188287 | url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780967547794 |url-access=registration |access-date=July 11, 2018 | via=[Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive)}} {{cite web|last=Hays|first=Catherine S.|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Pasadena Civic Center District|url={{NRHP url|id=80000813}}|publisher=[National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service)|access-date=July 11, 2018|date=September 15, 1978}} {{NRHP url|id=80000813|title=Accompanied by photos|photos=y}}. {{cite magazine| title=A Thousand Women in Architecture - Part 1 |magazine=[Architectural Record](/source/Architectural_Record) | volume=103 | issue=3 | date=March 1948 |pages=105–113 |url=http://www.usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1948-03.pdf | access-date=July 11, 2018 |via=[US Modernist](/source/North_Carolina_Modernist_Houses)}} {{cite magazine| title=A Thousand Women in Architecture - Part 2 |magazine=[Architectural Record](/source/Architectural_Record) | volume=103 | issue=6 | date=June 1948 |page=111 |url=http://www.usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1948-06.pdf | access-date=July 11, 2018 |via=[US Modernist](/source/North_Carolina_Modernist_Houses)}} {{cite web|url=https://www.smgov.net/departments/pcd/agendas/Landmarks-Commission/2003/20030714/2034%20La%20Mesa%20Eval%20Rpt.pdf|title=John Byers (Third) Residence - 2034 La Mesa Drive - Santa Monica, California - City Landmark Assessment Report|publisher=City of Santa Monica Planning Division | date=July 2, 2003 | access-date=July 11, 2018 | page=5 }} {{cite web|title=City of Palm Springs Citywide Historic Context Statement and Survey Findings (Appendix A) | date=October 13, 2015 | page=32 |url=http://www.palmspringsca.gov/home/showdocument?id=38171 |access-date=July 27, 2018 | url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727012201/http://www.palmspringsca.gov/home/showdocument?id=38171 | archive-date=July 27, 2018 | publisher=[Palm Springs, California](/source/Palm_Springs%2C_California) }} {{cite web |title=Rose Connor (1892-1970) Membership File |work=The AIA Historical Directory of American Architects |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=[American Institute of Architects](/source/American_Institute_of_Architects) |url=https://content.aia.org/sites/default/files/2018-09/ConnorRose.pdf |access-date=August 10, 2021 |ref={{sfnref|AIA|1965}} |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810181046/https://content.aia.org/sites/default/files/2018-09/ConnorRose.pdf |archive-date=August 10, 2021 }} {{Citation |last=Connor |first=Rose |date=February 14, 1953 |title=Architect's Roster Questionnaire | work=The AIA Historical Directory of American Architects |publisher=[American Institute of Architects](/source/American_Institute_of_Architects) |location=Washington, DC |url=https://content.aia.org/sites/default/files/2018-09/ConnoRose_roster.pdf |access-date=August 10, 2021 | url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810181336/https://content.aia.org/sites/default/files/2018-09/ConnoRose_roster.pdf |archive-date=August 10, 2021 }} {{cite news| title=Obituaries - Miss Rose Connor |newspaper=[Pomona](/source/Pomona%2C_California) [Progress Bulletin](/source/Progress_Bulletin) |date=December 30, 1970 |page=A4 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22893720/rose_connor_obituary_progress_bulletin/ | access-date=November 15, 2018 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) |url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115211530/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22893720/rose_connor_obituary_progress_bulletin/ | archive-date=November 15, 2018}} {{cite news|last=Townsend |first=Dorothy | title=Women Architects' Group Elects Missourian as Chief |newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |date=July 3, 1948 |page=28 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22894049/rose_connor_named_to_board_of/ | access-date=November 15, 2018 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115213738/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22894049/rose_connor_named_to_board_of/ | archive-date=November 15, 2018 }} {{cite news | title=Judge Connor Died Yesterday - Prominent Citizen and Jurist Expired at Early Hour Tuesday Morning |newspaper=[Des Moines Register and Leader](/source/The_Des_Moines_Register) |date=February 10, 1904 |page=10 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23259068/judge_william_connor_rose_connors/ | access-date=November 15, 2018 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) |url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115212624/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23259068/judge_william_connor_rose_connors/ | archive-date=November 15, 2018 }} {{cite news| title=A Monterey Duplex |newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) Home Magazine |date=September 15, 1946 |page=3 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22894479/monterey_duplex_designed_by_rose_connor/ | access-date=November 15, 2018 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) | url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115214146/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22894479/monterey_duplex_designed_by_rose_connor/ | archive-date=November 15, 2018}} {{cite news| title=The Problem: One Lot... Two Houses |newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) Home Magazine |date=December 8, 1940 |page=7 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22894130/grace_fuller_rental_houses_in_pasadena/ | access-date=November 15, 2018 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) |url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115212955/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22894130/grace_fuller_rental_houses_in_pasadena/ | archive-date=November 15, 2018 }} }} ==External links== * {{Find a Grave|27360821}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Connor, Rose}} Category:1892 births Category:1970 deaths Category:Burials at Woodland Cemetery (Des Moines, Iowa) Category:People from Des Moines, Iowa Category:Architects from Pasadena, California Category:Parsons School of Design alumni Category:American women architects Category:20th-century American architects Category:Beaux-Arts Institute of Design (New York City) alumni Category:Alumni of the Birmingham School of Art Category:20th-century American women Category:Zonta International people --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rose Connor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Connor) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Connor?action=history)). 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