Mary Colter
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Architect and designer Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter (b. 1869 - d. 1958) at age 50.
Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter was born on April 4, 1869 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but spent most of her youth in St. Paul, Minnesota. After her father died in 1886, she attended the California School of Design in San Francisco and, while there, apprenticed with an architect. After graduating, she needed to support her mother and younger sister and so returned to St. Paul to teach art, drafting and architectural design at a Mechanic Arts high school. At age 32, with the help of some California friends, she applied for a part-time job with the Fred Harvey Company, which was expanding its hotel chain into the Southwest. Mary Colter was hired to design the new museum and sales room next to the Alvarado Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1902. Colter was well-known for her design of the Hopi House at the Grand Canyon, which was completed in 1905. Hopi House was built next to the El Tovar Hotel (owned by the Fred Harvey Company) on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Photo Courtesy of Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection, Call Number 16951.
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