An Analysis of Julia Morgan, the First Woman Licensed Architect, as a Role Model

... she needed to do, all though it was a lot of work. Next, she built Hearst s Castle in San Simeon, (about 200 miles south of San Francisco. With all the things that she built there main house, three guest houses, pools, and much more, it took from 1920-1929 to finish it all. William Randolph Hearst was the one who had it built, and he was always changing his mind and kept asking Miss Morgan to build more things. William s mother had been Julia s friend and she had a close friendship with the Hearst family. Another place she designed was the church, Chapel of the Chimes. It took her five years to build it in Oakland, but it is a great church. It has a lot of buildings and the rooms are nicely done. She worked up until she was almost 80 years old. D. One difficulty that Julia Morgan faced while trying to accomplish her goal to be an architect was getting people to believe that women could be architects. She not only had to get beyond that, but she had to get people to want her to build something. At first, it was only her friends and family that had Miss Morgan build places, but when everyone else saw that the work was great, they hired her. Julia s designs were different from anyone else's, but her designs helped convince people that gender shouldn t make any difference when it comes to hiring an architect. She worked hard all her life, and we are very lucky to live in an area where we can visit and study the buildings she helped create. Julia Morgan once said my buildings will be my legacy ... they will speak for me long after I m gone.