On This Date in Minnesota History: December 23

December 23, 1921 – Emma F. (Gruetzke) Brunson became one of the first women architects in Minnesota on this date when she registered with the state in response to a Minnesota law requiring registration for architects and engineers. “Nothing is known of her education or training, but she worked as a drafter and specifications writer with Augustus F. Gauger for 15 years before establishing her own office. She continued to operate a one-person practice until her retirement in 1968. Most of her commissions were for dwellings.”¹

One of the homes she designed was for St. Paul dentist Dr. Wilton B. Stone, Morton and Delaware Streets in St. Paul.<sup>2

1</sup>http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/naa123.xml

²http://books.google.com/books?id=OpY0KmICqKYC&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=Emma+F.+Brunson+architect+Minnesota&source=bl&ots=q9uoKBQplB&sig=pGZn0hS0WZI6HlfQJyDcILJ2n-k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dYY0U92WKeSwyQGx_YHgBw&ved=0

Homes Emma F. Brunson designed was for St. Paul dentist
Dr. Wilton B. Stone

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Dec. 23, 2014,
as long as acknowledgement included.