Eleanore Pettersen, FAIA, completed the Alford/Nixon house in 1971. Photo Credit: The International Archive of Women in Architecture. See below for more info.
The Alford/Nixon Residence in Saddle River, NJ, was designed by Eleanore K. Pettersen, FAIA. (1916-2003). Pettersen, a former Taliesin fellow, was active in the New Jersey and New York areas, serving as the president of the New Jersey chapter of the AIA in 1975 and becoming a Fellow of the AIA in 1991. The Alford/Nixon House was built for John Alford in 1971 and sold to former president Richard M. Nixon, who moved in with his wife in 1981.
Read more about Eleanore Pettersen in BWAF’s Collection of 20th Century Women in American Architecture.
An interior view of the home published in a realty brochure. Photo Credit: IAWA. See below for more info.
Learn more about Eleanore Pettersen, FAIA, by viewing the trailer for the BWAF-produced documentary film “A Girl is a Fellow Here” ~ 100 Women in the Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright. Read about the film here.
Photo Credit (upper): [Eleanore Pettersen Image Collection, (05IA200501311430)], Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University [http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/05DLA/05IAWA/screen/05IA200501311430.jpg].
Photo Credit (lower): [Eleanore Pettersen Collection, (Ms2003-018)], Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic State University.
