Elizabeth Lord (architect)

Elizabeth Merle Lord (born Elizabeth Merle Crawford in Fort Garry; 1918 – 20 May 1994)[1] was a Manitoba-based architect. Lord graduated from the University of Manitoba's School of Architecture in 1939. In 1944, she became the first woman to register with the Manitoba Association of Architects. That same year, she registered with the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.[2]

Not to be confused with Elizabeth Blodget Lord.

Career

Lord held various positions in her early career, including with the North American Lumber Company, Crawford Painting, and Dominion Government Naval Treasury. Eventually, in the mid-1950s, Lord began her own architectural practice. Working out of her home in St. Norbert, Winnipeg, Lord worked on designs for homes, schools, and commercial buildings.[3] Lord was also the chairman of the Welfare Council committee on housing in the mid-1950s.[4]

Lord retired as a practicing architect in 1976.[2]

References
  1. "Memorable Manitobans: Elizabeth Merle Crawford "Betty" Lord (1918-1994)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  2. "Winnipeg Architecture Foundation". www.winnipegarchitecture.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  3. "Where did all the bright young women go?". The Winnipeg Tribune. November 8, 1967.
  4. "Elizabeth M Lord finds architecture a profession women can practice as home". The Winnipeg Tribune. March 10, 1955.


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