1. Gertrude Sawyer was one of the earliest American women architects to practice in Maryland and the Washington, DC, area.
11 Facts About Gertrude Sawyer
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Gertrude Sawyer knew she wanted to be an architect from an early age.
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Gertrude Sawyer received a Bachelor of Science in landscape architecture from the University of Illinois in 1918 and went on to become one of the first students at the Cambridge School of Domestic and Landscape Architecture for Women, where she met landscape architect Rose Greely.
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Gertrude Sawyer graduated from the Cambridge School in 1922 receiving a Master of Architecture degree.
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Gertrude Sawyer taught architecture at Vassar College in the summers of 1930 and 1931.
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Gertrude Sawyer opened her own architectural practice in Georgetown, Washington, DC, in 1934, specializing in historic restoration and buildings in the Colonial Revival style, although she built at least one building in the Streamline Moderne style.
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Gertrude Sawyer became especially admired for her eye for detail.
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Gertrude Sawyer's designs include a main house in Colonial Revival style with such elements as a formal pillared entry, side porch, and classical moldings in the interior.
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Gertrude Sawyer enlisted Rose Greely and Cary Millholland Parker to design the landscaping.
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Gertrude Sawyer became a member of the American Institute of Architects in 1939.
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Gertrude Sawyer moved to California, where she died on February 11,1996, two months short of her 101st birthday.