Julia Morgan, Architect, in San Francisco

(Photo above JM in Paris, 1900, Cathedral Notre Dame in the background.)

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Along the way we'll stop to see two of Bernard Maybeck's, finest SF houses.

Morgan graduated UC in 1894 with a degree in Civil Engineering, one of her specializations was structural engineering. (This benefited her clients greatly, as was seen after the 06' earthquake in her still standing buildings.)
She arrived in Paris in 1896. A few years later it was reported in the San Francisco Call: Paris, Oct.30,1902 - Julia Morgan of San Francisco passed the examination with honors at the Architectural section of the School of Fine Arts (Ecole de Beaux Arts, Paris France. The first woman to do so. Ironically one of the greatest architects in history, was made to wait two years, taking entrance exams before admission.

By the end of her 45 yr. career she had received over 700 commissions. On average a new building every six weeks. It was said, "Her rational approach to home design and the public success of her large commissions gave Julia Morgan a solid reputation. It also won her the confidence of her clients. With the hard work, genius, inspiration and true artistic perception to create memorable works.
Over the course of her career, Morgan designed nearly one hundred buildings across California and the nation for women’s organizations. Her commissions included social and civic clubs for women; academic, residential, and recreational buildings; primary schools; orphanages; hospitals, sanitariums,and nursing residences. She also designed more than thirty YWCA buildings, including those in San Francisco and Berkeley.

In fact when JM bought her own house at Washington & Divisadero in SF in 1925, she bought a pair of houses there.

To read more about the many Julia Morgan public buildings, such as the Hearst Castle etc. go to wikipedia. She was California's most prolific architect. The first woman to receive the American Institute of Architects highest award, the AIA Gold Medal, awarded posthumously in 2014.
The three projects that immediately solidified her future career as a great architect, engineer and fully capable project/construction manager were the rebuilding of the new Fairmount Hotel after its semi-destruction following the earthquake. The design, engineering and building of the beautiful Bell Tower at Mills College and Carnegie Library there, both of which survived the earthquake without a crack. And the completion on time and within budget of the construction of the Greek Theater at UC for John Gayland Howard, campus architect.
Option for lunch afterward.

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