Wilburn, Leila Ross, 1885-1967

Leila Ross Wilburn (1885 - 1967) moved to Atlanta in the mid 1890's with her family. After two years at Agnes Scott Institute, she served a two-year apprenticeship as a draftsman in the Benjamin R. Padgett architectural and building firm. She began her career in 1909 as only one of two women architects in Atlanta. Her portfolio was exclusively residential and included duplexes and apartment buildings as well as single-family houses for a burgeoning Southern middle-class. She designed residences in many of Atlanta's suburbs, throughout the state of Georgia, and in several surrounding states. Miss Wilburn marketed her talents by selling plan books to individual clients and to contractors, builders, and developers who ordered her plans for their own construction. Her career spanned fifty-five years, over which time she designed more than 300 residential structures.

Leila Ross Wilburn (1885 - 1967) moved to Atlanta in the mid 1890's with her family. After two years at Agnes Scott Institute, she served a two-year apprenticeship as a draftsman in the Benjamin R. Padgett architectural and building firm. She began her career in 1909 as only one of two women architects in Atlanta.

Her portfolio was exclusively residential and included duplexes and apartment buildings as well as single-family houses for a burgeoning Southern middle-class. She designed residences in many of Atlanta's suburbs, throughout the state of Georgia, and in several surrounding states. Miss Wilburn marketed her talents by selling plan books to individual clients and to contractors, builders, and developers who ordered her plans for their own construction. Her career spanned fifty-five years, over which time she designed more than 300 residential structures.