Morgan, Julia
American Architect 1872–1957
Julia Morgan, America's first prominent women architect, was the second of five children born to Charles and Parmelee Morgan on January 20, 187...
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Julia Morgan (1872-1957), California's first licensed female architect, designed both institutional buildings and private homes in the San Francisco area. She preferred to use indigenous materials and...
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Legend has it that Italian opera star Enrico Caruso rode out the 1906 earthquake in the Palace Hotel, finally running into the rubble-filled street wearing only a towel to declare, "I will never se...
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Morgan, Julia
Julia Morgan
Special Report: San Andreas Fault; Great Quake Grand Dames; San Francisco's stately survivors of the city's greatest calamity
