Leila Ross Wilburn collection 1920-1979 and n.d.

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Leila Ross Wilburn collection 1920-1979 and n.d.

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The Leila Ross Wilburn collection is comprised primarily of architectural plans, photographs, negatives, and slides of private residences, multi-family homes, and apartment buildings she designed during her career. The collection documents the prolific work of one of Atlanta's pioneer women architects and businesswomen. Wilburn's portfolio of architectural plans in Series 1 includes designs of homes in Atlanta and it's surrounding suburbs; in several cities and towns in Georgia, including Forsyth, McDonough, and Thomaston, and in the surrounding states of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Many of the photographs in Series 2 consist of images of multi-family homes she designed during her initial years as an architect. With very few exceptions, her material in this collection is undated. Other photographs feature buildings designed by other women architects in Atlanta.

338 sets of architectural drawings 86 photographs & 30 col. slides.

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7599057

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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Wilburn, Leila Ross, 1885-1967

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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 ...