Philadelphia Tribune4d
Work of nation's first Black architect, Julian Francis Abele, endures on Parkway
The city of Philadelphia was founded over 300 years ago, but it wasn’t until the Gilded Age of the early 20th century that a ...
ABC15 Arizona1d
Arizona's first Black architect's impact transcends his blueprints
Rushia Fellows impact on our city is undeniable - and it turns out, he had a major impact on the lives of many people he came ...
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DC’s Black Architects Are Finally Getting the Documentation They Deserve
St. Luke’s in Columbia Heights was DC’s first independent Black Episcopal church, built in the 1870s by minister and radical civil-rights leader Alexander Crummell. It’s still standing, a ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution10d
Despite challenges, Georgia’s Black architects make their mark on Atlanta
One Sunday in May 1917, on the first day of services at the newly built First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Athens, the congregation celebrated with a processional and mortgage burning.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel20d
With one of his Milwaukee buildings at risk, this is the story of Wisconsin's first Black architect, Alonzo Robinson
The nondescript building on the corner of Atkinson Drive and North 20th Street has fed presidential candidates, celebrities like actor Danny Glover, and famous athletes including Charles Barkley ...