Featured Press
“Just when we think we’ve become familiar with the characters of architectural history, we discover how much we don’t know…”
— Sam Lubell, Metropolis Magazine
“Based on more than a decade of fact-finding that involved combining scant archival material, family history, and firsthand documentation of Nichols’s remaining buildings, the exhibition fills in the blanks of a pioneering architect’s life.”
— Nate Berg, Fast Company
“Drawing on material from the university’s extensive architectural archives, the [exhibit at Penn] allows Parker Nichols to return home at last, assuming her rightful place in the architectural history of the nation’s first capital.”
— Ian Volner, ArtForum
“[Nichols’] work earned her renown in a field that was—and still is—dominated by men. Her story, however, has been largely forgotten. A new exhibition aims to change that.”
— Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine
In the News
Pamela J. Forsythe, Broad Street Review | June 12, 2023
In the club: A Progressive-era architect gets her due
Ian Volner, ArtForum | May 5, 2023
Marianela D'Aprile, The Architect’s Newspaper | May 4, 2023
How Molly Lester is helping to revive the story of a trailblazing architect
Meghan Drueding, Preservation Magazine | Spring 2023 issue
The forgotten story of America’s first independent female architect
Nate Berg, Fast Company | April 24, 2023
Congratulations, you’re the owner of a house by Minerva Parker Nichols
Sallie Lewis, Dwell Magazine | April 24, 2023
La storia dimenticata di Minerva Parker Nichols, prima architetta in proprio degli Stati Uniti
Luca Angelini, Corriere della Sera | April 23, 2023
Nam Henderson, Archinect News | April 19, 2023
Finding Minerva Parker Nichols, Philadelphia’s Forgotten Architect
Kimberly Haas, Hidden City Philadelphia | April 13, 2023
History forgot Minerva Parker Nichols, the country’s first solo woman architect
Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine | March 30, 2023
Groundbreaking exhibition on Minerva Parker Nichols, America’s first independent woman architect
Carrie Baker, Ms. Magazine | March 27, 2023
Columnist Carrie N. Baker: Minerva Parker Nichols, America’s first independent woman architect
Carrie Baker, Greenfield Reporter | March 23, 2023
Minerva Parker Nichols designed this iconic Delaware building
Jon Caroulis, Delaware Today | March 23, 2023
Niko, Walczuk, ArtBlog | March 22, 2023
Commemorating Minerva Parker Nichols, the first independent woman architect in the United States
Ilana Herzig, Architectural Record | March 21, 2023
Rediscovering America’s first independent woman architect
Sam Lubell, Metropolis Magazine | March 21, 2023
Finding a forgotten architect, Philadelphia’s Minerva Parker Nichols
Louisa Shepard, Penn Today | March 16, 2023
Minerva Parker Nichols: The Search for a Forgotten Architect
e-flux Architecture | March 10, 2023
Exhibition details the life of America's first independent woman architect, Minerva Parker Nichols
AIA Philadelphia | March 9, 2023
New exhibition celebrates first independent woman architect in U.S., Minerva Parker Nichols
Niall Patrick Walsh, Archinect | March 7, 2023
Rachel Silva, Elle Decor | March 2, 2023
Minerva Parker Nichols: The Search for a Forgotten Architect
Maria Murphy, Gender Jawn | March 1, 2023
Philadelphia exhibits spotlight historic women architects
Architectural Record | March 2023
6 can’t-miss cultural events coming to Philadelphia
Pew Center for Arts and Heritage | February 24, 2023
Weitzman School of Design will exhibit work from America's first independent female architect
Sejin Park, The Daily Pennsylvanian | February 19, 2023
Architectural Digest | February 14, 2023
Upcoming exhibitions to add to your 2023 calendar
Editors, The Architect’s Newspaper | January 20, 2023
University of Pennsylvania to stage exhibition on first woman architect in U.S. to practice solo
Kristine Klein, The Architect’s Newspaper | January 18, 2023
Weitzman School of Design, Design Weekly | January 13, 2023
Weitzman School of Design receives $300,000 for exhibition on groundbreaking woman architect
Ren Yagawara, The Daily Pennsylvanian | November 5, 2020
Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania | November 4, 2020
Helping people one and all: Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Tiffany Desmond, PhilaPlace | 2017
Mill-Rae: A monument of women's history hidden in plain sight
Cory Kegerise, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission | March 2017
Minerva Parker Nichols: One of architecture's unsung pioneers
Jared Foretek, Saving Places (National Trust for Historic Preservation) | March 8, 2017
Mill Rae, once a retreat for suffragists, earns its place in history
Melissa Romero, Curbed Philly | January 26, 2017
Good Eye: Women who made Hillary's rise possible spent time in this Philly house
Inga Saffron, The Philadelphia Inquirer | October 28, 2016
In Somerton, suffragists' vision lives on
Sarah Kennedy, Hidden City Philadelphia | October 27, 2016
5 female architects who left lasting marks in Philly
Melissa Romero, Curbed Philly | March 8, 2016