Minerva Parker Nichols

Minerva Parker Nichols (1860–1949) was an architect from the United States.

After studying at the Philadelphia Normal Art School, Nichols joined the architectural firm of Frederick G. Thorn in Philadelphia. She took control of the firm after Thorn's death in 1888 and held the position for seven years. In 1896, she and her husband left the Philadelphia area and she began a private practice mostly for friends and relatives.

Nichols was the second (after Louise Blanchard Bethune) American female architect who established a very successful, although brief, business and recognition, and the first one who did so without partnership or assistance of a man.

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