Joel Roberts Ninde

Unraveling the Past: History and Ancestry of Joel Roberts Ninde: Fort Wayne’s First Female Architect By Corinne Toth Revise...

This paper is dedicated to the memory of Joel, and all women who have succeeded in the architectural field. Without the previous re...

I . Introduction Joel Roberts Ninde, Fort Wayne, Indiana’s first female architect, left an amazing legacy of comfortable, artistic and ...

Joel’s childhood and early adulthood before age twenty-six have mystified historians. In June of 1900 she was listed in the Mobile, Alabam...

Those questions and many more prompted a trip to Alabama for a Roberts’s family reunion, August 2005, at the invitation of Roy and Deb...

The myriad of questions surrounding Joel Ninde’s life revolve around her early life and times. As an adult woman, Joel Ninde designed and bu...

Architectural Styles of Joel Roberts Ninde’s Houses in Fort Wayne, Indiana Judge Lindsey Ninde In Fort Wayne during the 1900’s, wh...

Architecture of Joel and Lee’s first home –Dutch Colonial What Joel wanted was a “house of convenience” in the midst of pleasant surrou...

"About this time Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ninde began what was really a "street to street canvass" for a house that should be the s...

Joel incorporated many of her design ideas with house plans found in magazines such as House Beautiful, Good Housekeeping, and...

         A complete book of house plans from Wildwood Homes can be found at the Allen County Library.

Craftsman Common features of the Craftsman style are broad, low-pitched, roof (usually gabled) with wide, open eaves exposed structural el...

While designing homes for buyers, Joel was also concentrating on a new house for Lee and herself. This new home would be bigger and more...

History of Mobile, Alabama Founded in 1702, Mobile was the capital of French Louisiana until 1720, when the capital was moved to Bilox...

Map of Mobile 1919 Educational Background Although there is no definitive evidence regarding Joel’s educational background, several poss...

The most probable candidate for Joel Ninde’s primary education is the Barton Academy, originally built as a public school but not used for t...

Helen Croom’s School Another possibility for Joel’s education was the Croom’s School , an elementary school for young children. This quai...

The other schools in Mobile that Joel could have gone to were the Knott School, which Mary Isbell and Edith Pillans attended, or Miss Ann...

It appears that Joel came from a progressive family background that endorsed education for women. Higher education for women was a bit un...

Joel Roberts’ Higher Education Palmer Hamilton was unaware of the specifics of Joel Ninde’s education and career choice but projected an...

As an architect and builder, Joel Ninde obviously had an artistic flair, but from whence did this aptitude arise and how did the family ...

Photography & Painting example of landscape painting                              example of ruined abbey Some of the descendant...

In addition, listed in the 1899 city directory in Mobile, Alabama are Miss Corinne and Miss Claudine Roberts who ran a business at 209 Co...

examples of Chinese porcelain Joel Roberts Hunter Sr.’s daughter Elizabeth Hunter Morrill, b. 1913 in Georgia, was a gifted soprano....

Several articles from the Pensacola Journal, page 5 col. 2 and the Indianapolis Star. Saturday, November 1914 have recently been found and...

Jennie Eberlain's house              Joel Ninde's house                                                                  ...

Specialization was also necessary. Wildwood Builders divided the business into three separate departments: Sales, Construction, and A...

2908 Shawnee Dr. Shawnee Place Since the death of Judge Ninde, Joel and Lee were now free to sell lots from the Wildwood estate. Pr...

As Joel and Lee’s business began to coalesce and take form. Lee, his brother Daniel, and a few professional friends bought land in t...

Growth of Wildwood Builders – Board Members, Stockholders & Employees Joel’s “little hobby” had become a profitable business with b...

1. Abe Ackerman 2. Christian H. Albersmeyer 3. Dr. Chas. E. Barnett 4. Henry Beadell 5. Max J. Blitz 6. Mrs. Alice Crane Bond 7. And...

65. Roy Patterson 66. Dr. Apollos F. Phillips 67. Gustave A. Rabus 68. Alfred L. Randall 69. Al. Riegel 70. Catherine Ritter 71. Mrs. ...

25. Mrs. T. R. Gilbert 26. S. A Grable 27. Mrs. James E. Graham 28. Jesse A. Greene 29. Mrs. Martin C. Gross 30.O. N. Gulldlin 31. E. ...

51. Thomas J. Logan 52. C. J. Lose 53. Mrs. Adalia L. Lumbard 54. James M. McKay 55. Chas. McKeon 56. Robert Millard 57. Dr. Elmer E. ...

In 1914 Wildwood Builders purchased the Huffman Farm for $38,000. The farm was located south of present West Jefferson Bouleva...

By 1915, Wildwood Builders Company had grown into eight separate companies, one of which was the Lafayette Place Company.  In an agreement d...

Another house was serendipity discovered on Maple Place 2522 Maple Place

The South Wayne Historic District is an example of a historic district which is currently listed only on the National Register of Historic...

Houses of Convenience - Fort Wayne, Indiana 444 Arcadia - Built 1915- Colonial Revival 1012 W. Berry Street - Built 1914 - Craftsman...

Frank & Josephine Taft-Adolph & Clara Foellinger House, Joel Ninde architect, c.1914, Colonial Revival Two-story, symmetrical, ...

The establishment of the Packard Piano and Organ Company on Fairfield Avenue in 1872, led to increased development and population growth...