Louise Caldwell Murdock (1857–1915) was an American interior designer / architect.[2] Louise's father, J.E. Caldwell brought his family to Wichita from New York in 1871 and opened a Queensware (a hard, cream-colored earthenware, perfected c1765 by Wedgwood) store on North Main Street.[4] She married Roland Pierpont Murdock in 1877[2] and founded the Twentieth Century Club with him in 1899 in Wichita.[5] She served as its president until 1906.[2] After her husband's death in 1906, she studied interior design with Frank Alvah Parsons in New York City, then returned to Wichita Kansas and designed and built the Caldwell Murdock building on East Douglas, which at seven floors became Wichita's tallest building.[1]
Louise Caldwell Murdock | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1857 |
| Died | 1915 Wichita, Kansas |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Studied with Frank Alvah Parsons, founder of the Parsons School of Fine and Applied Art Interior Architecture (1906) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Wichita Public Library, Caldwell-Murdock Building, Murdock Theater[1] |
| Projects | 20th Century Club of Wichita |
References
edit- ^ a b Linderman, Carrie (March 2012). "Womens Focus: A Local Historian's Look at National Women's History Month". Womens Focus.
- ^ a b c d "State Register Listing: Twentieth Century Club" (PDF). Kansas State Historical Society.
- ^ Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book, Volume 51
- ^ Galland, Bess Innes. Some Recollections of Louise Caldwell Murdock, pg. 5.
- ^ Tharp, BD (May 2009). "Twentieth Century club celebrates 100th anniversary" (PDF). Active Aging. p. 12 – via Bonnie Tharp.
Further reading
edit- "Wichita Gets Gift of American Art: Paintings by 8 Well-Known Artists Purchased for Its Municipal Museum". The New York Times. September 20, 1939. p. 28. ProQuest 102914676.
- Ross, Novelene (January 1, 1999). "A celebration of American painting". USA Today. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2015 – via HighBeam Research.
- Updike, R. (February 3, 1999). "At TAM: Glimpses of a Fertile Era in Art". Seattle Times.
- Wichita Carnegie Library: A Vision Restored ; a Landmark Preserved. Fidelity Bank. 2010.
- Muhr, Jeffrey, ed. (2014). "Louise Caldwell Murdock (1858-1915)". Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Gale.