| Name |
Harriet Abigail Morrison Irwin |
| Occupation |
Housekeeper, Writer
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| Year of Birth |
1828
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| Year of Death |
1897
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| City of Birth |
Mecklenburg County
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| State/Province of Birth |
North Carolina
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| Country of Birth |
United States
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| City of Residence |
Charlotte
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| State/Province of Residence |
North Carolina
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| Country of Residence |
United States
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| Notes |
She did not like cleaning the dirt from the corners of the rooms, so she designed and built a hexagonal house that had no sharp corners, without any formal architectural training. She became the first woman to receive a patent for an architectural innovation on August 24, 1869. She later designed and built at least two more houses.
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| Sources |
cchttp://www.trianglemodernisthouses.com/ncwomen.htm http://epics.ecn.purdue.edu/iwt/pciki/GAW/Northcarolina.html
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