MaryGrace Carroll York
Architectural historian
Consultant
Milestones
My road in life took a while to figure out.
Got a teaching degree because I loved to work with kids.
Taught at the elementary school level one year full time about 10 years part time.
Got burned out teaching. Kids all day and my own three at home.
I went back to college to study social work.
I had an elective course in the history of American architecture.
I met students who were studying Historic Preservation and I decided to look into that major.
After some research I changed my major but also realized that I had many prerequisites to take.
In the next two and a half years I took sixty graduate credits to meet the requirements.
Education
High School
Bachelor
Marygrove College
Marygrove College
Career
Architectural historian
I research historic buildings for their architectural importance.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Writing
Journalism
Working Independently
Day to Day
There are many phases of creating these technical documents. First there is the research on the historic buildings, then the photo documenting of the buildings, next the technical documents have to be written explaining why the structures are historically and / or architecturally significant. The last part is doing a map of the collective buildings or a floor plan of a building.
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for professionals
Patience. Research can be tedious and time consuming.
Recommended Education
My career is not related to what I studied. I'd recommend this path instead:
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Society in General:
"You should always put others first."
Challenges I Overcame
Age related challenge
