Meet the 14th African-American Woman Architect in the U.S.

Kathryn Tyler Prigmore was shocked to see herself in a 1985 issue of EBONY, listed as the 14th African-American woman registered to practice architecture in the United States.

In this byGeorge blog, the Associate Director at Georgetown’s Shalom Baranes Associates shares how she embraced the surprising and groundbreaking distinction and created a mentorship program for those in her community, why she considers her most recent work a service and responsibility to the country, and the frustrations she has with many ‘oldy towny phony colony’ historic districts.