Publications
(All publications by Molly Lester, unless otherwise noted)
For Homeowners and Housekeepers: The Architecture of Minerva Parker Nichols in Late 19th Century AmericaIn Routledge Companion to Women in Architecture. 2021. Available here.
"Lady Architect": The Work and Writings of Minerva Parker Nichols in Late 19th Century Philadelphia In Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. January 2019. Available here.
Mill-Rae (Rachel Foster Avery House) National Register of Historic Places NominationJanuary 2017. Available here.
Minerva Parker Nichols: Architect Of Gender EqualityHidden City Daily. October 2016. Available here.
Viva Minerva! Celebrating America’s First Independent Female ArchitectHidden City Daily. October 2016. Available here.
Specialization and Significance: Assessing the Career and Works of Minerva Parker NicholsMaster's thesis, University of Pennsylvania. May 2012. Available here.
Talks + Events
(All talks by Molly Lester, unless otherwise noted)
Book Launch | Minerva Parker Nichols: The Search for a Forgotten Architect | Head Hi, Brooklyn, NY
(Exhibit book event, with William Whitaker, Heather Isbell Schumacher, and Elizabeth Felicella)
April 4, 2024
Book Launch | Minerva Parker Nichols: The Search for a Forgotten Architect | Weitzman School of Design, Philadelphia, PA
(Exhibit book event, with William Whitaker, Heather Isbell Schumacher, and Elizabeth Felicella)
April 2, 2024
Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia
November 1, 2023
Smith College (traveling exhibit talk, with William Whitaker)
October 12, 2023
University of Massachusetts - Amherst (traveling exhibit talk, with William Whitaker)
October 11, 2023
American Institute of Architects, Florida
October 4, 2023
University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design (exhibit opening panel talk, with Despina Stratigakos, William Whitaker, and Heather Isbell Schumacher)
March 21, 2023
University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design (pre-exhibit talk, with William Whitaker)
February 17, 2022
Chipman Design Architecture
June 10, 2021
Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides
November 12, 2020
Pennsylvania Statewide Conference on Heritage
October 16, 2020
Carpenter Company of Philadelphia
July 22, 2020
Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia
April 28, 2020
American Institute of Architects, Philadelphia - Women in Architecture
April 17, 2020
Athenaeum of Philadelphia
March 17, 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
KieranTimberlake Architects
March 6, 2020
University of Virginia School of Architecture
November 15, 2020 | Part of the symposium “Architectural History at the University of Virginia: Richard Guy Wilson and Our Community of Scholars”
Lower Merion Conservancy
April 9, 2019
Society of Architectural Historians, Philadelphia Chapter
May 16, 2018
Smith College
April 9, 2017