15 Facts About Anna Keichline

Anna Wagner Keichline was an American architect, inventor, suffragist, and World War I Special Agent from Pennsylvania.

Anna Keichline was the first woman to be registered as an architect in Pennsylvania and she was "one of the first women to actually practice architecture professionally".

Anna Keichline was awarded seven patents, including one for a notched brick in 1927.

Anna Keichline's parents gave her a workshop and carpentry tools, which she used to create furniture.

Anna Keichline won a prize for a table and chest she made at a county fair in 1903, when she was 14, and her work was praised as comparing "favorably with the work of a skilled mechanic".

Anna Keichline told a newspaper reporter that she expected to devote her life to industrial design.

Anna Keichline studied mechanical engineering for a year at Pennsylvania State College, the only woman in her studio class, and moved to Cornell University, graduating in 1911, their fifth female to receive an architecture degree.

Anna Keichline played basketball at Cornell, served as class officer, and was a sorority and drama club member.

Anna Keichline was convinced that women could be just as successful because of their innate understanding of space in a home.

Anna Keichline became noted for working on "time- and motion-saving" design of kitchens and interiors.

Anna Keichline had several inventions concerning home use, but her most noted invention was the "K Brick" in 1927.

Anna Keichline wanted to save space in kitchens and make them more comfortable to use.

Anna Keichline designed commercial buildings and homes in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Washington, DC Anna Keichline was honored in 2002 with in an official state of Pennsylvania historical marker placed in front of the Plaza Theater, which she designed in 1925.

Early in her career, Anna Keichline taught within the Department of Home Economics at the Pennsylvania State College.

Anna Keichline had her own automobile, which was unusual for women at the time.