Ellamae Ellis League
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Ellamae Ellis July 9, 1899 Macon, Georgia |
| Died | March 4, 1991 (aged 91) Macon, Georgia |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Years active | 1922–1975 |
| Children | 2 |
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Ellamae Ellis League House
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League's personal home, which she designed in 1940 and lived in for the rest of her life.
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| Location | 1790 Waverland Drive, Macon, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 32°52′17″N 83°37′55″W / 32.871280°N 83.631979°W. |
| Built | 1940 |
| Architect | Ellamae Ellis League |
| Part of | Shirley Hills Historic District (#14000269) |
| NRHP Reference # | 05000053 |
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| Added to NRHP | February 15, 2005 |
| Designated CP | May 27, 2014 |
Ellamae Ellis League, FAIA (July 9, 1899 – March 4, 1991) was an American architect, the fourth woman registered architect in Georgia and "one of Georgia and the South's most prominent female architects." She practiced for over 50 years, 41 of them from her own firm. From a family of architects, she was the first woman elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) in Georgia and only the eighth woman nationwide. Several buildings she designed (including her own home) are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). In 2016 she was posthumously named a Georgia Woman of Achievement.
Ellamae Ellis was born in Macon, Georgia on July 9, 1899, the fourth child of Susan Dilworth Choate and Joseph Oliver Ellis. She attended public schools and graduated from Lanier High School in 1916.. She attended nearby Wesleyan College in 1917 and 1918 but did not graduate, as her marriage to George Forest League on June 27, 1917, would change her path.
League's children Jean and Joe were born in 1919 and 1921. In 1922 her husband of five years left her, so she found herself divorced with two children and no means of income. Six generations of her family had been architects including Charles Edward Choate, a well known architect in Atlanta at the time. Several other relatives were artists including Nell Choate Jones and Nell Choate Shute. According to League's son Joe, the architect Curran R. Ellis (1872–1934), who designed the county courthouse and baseball stadium in Macon, is a distant relative as well. League credited her uncle with "putting the idea in her head" of becoming an architect.
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