The following is from an article in WickedLocal.com entitled:
Waltham 'Women of the Century’ series
By Kerry Feltner
[email protected]
Posted Aug 24, 2020 at 3:49 PMUpdated Aug 24, 2020 at 3:49 PM
This is the first in a series on historic women in Waltham.
Who: Ida Annah Ryan
Significance in Waltham history: Ida Ryan was the first woman in the United States to receive a master’s degree in architecture and the first woman to receive any master’s degree from MIT. After earning her degree in 1906, she began working as an assistant in the office of the city building department.
Where she lived: Ida Ryan lived at 19 Hammond St. Her father, Albert M. Ryan also lived at the home and was a well-known Waltham historian.
Other information: Ida Ryan is credited with rebuilding the barn for the Prospect House in 1840. She partnered with architect Florence Luscomb on the project. Luscomb re-positioned the Prospect House in Waltham which was built in 1839 by Leonard Smith.
Her bungalow: Ida Ryan designed her own home in Needham and it was described in an article as containing “every convenience and comfort dear to a woman’s heart.”
Ryan described it in her own words for the story:
“This particular spot was shown to me by the land agent after I had looked at all other parts of his estate. On the west, the land was near the village, and the outlook limited. On the south and north, the hill and trees made it hot and suggested mosquitoes. But on the eastern corner, a hillside sloping down to the Charles River, new growth of foliage, a few trees and an outlook for miles extending from Newton at the left, through Brookline, West Roxbury, Roslindale and Milton, were the features that first interested me in the spot. Later, the fresh air (with oxygen enough to remove a week’s weariness in one hour), the fertility of the soil, and the winding ‘Hillway,’ which protects the lot on two sides from possible future neighbors, helped to impress upon me the superiority of this place over others that I had previously visited.”
Waltham 'Women of the Century’ series
By Kerry Feltner
[email protected]
Posted Aug 24, 2020 at 3:49 PMUpdated Aug 24, 2020 at 3:49 PM
This is the first in a series on historic women in Waltham.
Who: Ida Annah Ryan
Significance in Waltham history: Ida Ryan was the first woman in the United States to receive a master’s degree in architecture and the first woman to receive any master’s degree from MIT. After earning her degree in 1906, she began working as an assistant in the office of the city building department.
Where she lived: Ida Ryan lived at 19 Hammond St. Her father, Albert M. Ryan also lived at the home and was a well-known Waltham historian.
Other information: Ida Ryan is credited with rebuilding the barn for the Prospect House in 1840. She partnered with architect Florence Luscomb on the project. Luscomb re-positioned the Prospect House in Waltham which was built in 1839 by Leonard Smith.
Her bungalow: Ida Ryan designed her own home in Needham and it was described in an article as containing “every convenience and comfort dear to a woman’s heart.”
Ryan described it in her own words for the story:
“This particular spot was shown to me by the land agent after I had looked at all other parts of his estate. On the west, the land was near the village, and the outlook limited. On the south and north, the hill and trees made it hot and suggested mosquitoes. But on the eastern corner, a hillside sloping down to the Charles River, new growth of foliage, a few trees and an outlook for miles extending from Newton at the left, through Brookline, West Roxbury, Roslindale and Milton, were the features that first interested me in the spot. Later, the fresh air (with oxygen enough to remove a week’s weariness in one hour), the fertility of the soil, and the winding ‘Hillway,’ which protects the lot on two sides from possible future neighbors, helped to impress upon me the superiority of this place over others that I had previously visited.”
The following is from an article in WickedLocal.com entitled:
Waltham 'Women of the Century’ series
By Kerry Feltner
[email protected]
Posted Aug 24, 2020 at 3:49 PMUpdated Aug 24, 2020 at 3:49 PM
This is the first in a series on historic women in Waltham.
Who: Ida Annah Ryan
Significance in Waltham history: Ida Ryan was the first woman in the United States to receive a master’s degree in architecture and the first woman to receive any master’s degree from MIT. After earning her degree in 1906, she began working as an assistant in the office of the city building department.
Where she lived: Ida Ryan lived at 19 Hammond St. Her father, Albert M. Ryan also lived at the home and was a well-known Waltham historian.
Other information: Ida Ryan is credited with rebuilding the barn for the Prospect House in 1840. She partnered with architect Florence Luscomb on the project. Luscomb re-positioned the Prospect House in Waltham which was built in 1839 by Leonard Smith.
Her bungalow: Ida Ryan designed her own home in Needham and it was described in an article as containing “every convenience and comfort dear to a woman’s heart.”
Ryan described it in her own words for the story:
“This particular spot was shown to me by the land agent after I had looked at all other parts of his estate. On the west, the land was near the village, and the outlook limited. On the south and north, the hill and trees made it hot and suggested mosquitoes. But on the eastern corner, a hillside sloping down to the Charles River, new growth of foliage, a few trees and an outlook for miles extending from Newton at the left, through Brookline, West Roxbury, Roslindale and Milton, were the features that first interested me in the spot. Later, the fresh air (with oxygen enough to remove a week’s weariness in one hour), the fertility of the soil, and the winding ‘Hillway,’ which protects the lot on two sides from possible future neighbors, helped to impress upon me the superiority of this place over others that I had previously visited.”
Waltham 'Women of the Century’ series
By Kerry Feltner
[email protected]
Posted Aug 24, 2020 at 3:49 PMUpdated Aug 24, 2020 at 3:49 PM
This is the first in a series on historic women in Waltham.
Who: Ida Annah Ryan
Significance in Waltham history: Ida Ryan was the first woman in the United States to receive a master’s degree in architecture and the first woman to receive any master’s degree from MIT. After earning her degree in 1906, she began working as an assistant in the office of the city building department.
Where she lived: Ida Ryan lived at 19 Hammond St. Her father, Albert M. Ryan also lived at the home and was a well-known Waltham historian.
Other information: Ida Ryan is credited with rebuilding the barn for the Prospect House in 1840. She partnered with architect Florence Luscomb on the project. Luscomb re-positioned the Prospect House in Waltham which was built in 1839 by Leonard Smith.
Her bungalow: Ida Ryan designed her own home in Needham and it was described in an article as containing “every convenience and comfort dear to a woman’s heart.”
Ryan described it in her own words for the story:
“This particular spot was shown to me by the land agent after I had looked at all other parts of his estate. On the west, the land was near the village, and the outlook limited. On the south and north, the hill and trees made it hot and suggested mosquitoes. But on the eastern corner, a hillside sloping down to the Charles River, new growth of foliage, a few trees and an outlook for miles extending from Newton at the left, through Brookline, West Roxbury, Roslindale and Milton, were the features that first interested me in the spot. Later, the fresh air (with oxygen enough to remove a week’s weariness in one hour), the fertility of the soil, and the winding ‘Hillway,’ which protects the lot on two sides from possible future neighbors, helped to impress upon me the superiority of this place over others that I had previously visited.”
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