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Smith graduated from Verona College in Verona (Lee County), Mississippi and was trained in architecture by her father, [[W. S. Smith]]. In the 1880s she worked in Birmingham as the "junior member" of the firm of [[W. S. Smith & Co.]] | Smith graduated from Verona College in Verona (Lee County), Mississippi and was trained in architecture by her father, [[W. S. Smith]]. In the 1880s she worked in Birmingham as the "junior member" of the firm of [[W. S. Smith & Co.]] | ||
Sallie Smith attended the meeting at the offices of [[Sutcliffe, Armstrong & | Sallie Smith attended the meeting at the offices of [[Sutcliffe, Armstrong & Willett]] during which the [[Alabama Association of Architects]] was formed, and she was appointed treasurer of that organization. | ||
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Revision as of 13:40, 19 June 2015
Sallie T. Smith (born in Columbus, Mississippi) may have been the first female practicing architect in Birmingham.
Smith graduated from Verona College in Verona (Lee County), Mississippi and was trained in architecture by her father, W. S. Smith. In the 1880s she worked in Birmingham as the "junior member" of the firm of W. S. Smith & Co.
Sallie Smith attended the meeting at the offices of Sutcliffe, Armstrong & Willett during which the Alabama Association of Architects was formed, and she was appointed treasurer of that organization.
See also
- Carolyn Smith
- Helen Davis, the first female registered architect in Alabama
References
- "Association of Alabama Architects" (April 1887) The Inland Architect Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 46-47
- "W. S. Smith & Co." (1888) in North Alabama (Illustrated) Birmingham: Southern Commercial Publishing Co., p. 105