About Mabel C. Welch
Lived 1890 – 1981 (aged 90–91). Mabel C. Welch was an architect.
Mabel Clair Vandenburg Welch (November 8, 1890 – December 3, 1981) was an American architect. She was the first woman to work as a professional architect in El Paso, Texas.
Biography Mabel Clair Vandenburg was born in Panola County, Mississippi on November 8. 1890. She grew up on her grandfather's plantation until the family moved to Northeast Texas in 1899. She learned the construction business from her husband and after his death in July 1927, took over the company. By 1939, she was a member of the Society of American Registered Architects. Welch was the first certified woman architect in El Paso. Welch designed over 1,000 homes in El Paso by 1950. She also designed buildings in Chihuahua City, Ciudad Juárez, Dallas, Deming, Fabens, Las Cruces, and Marfa.
Welch had a stroke in November 1981 and left El Paso to live closer to family.
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