Portia Washington Pittman
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Portia Marshall Washington Pittman was the daughter of Booker T. Washington and Fannie Smith Washington. Pittman was the first African-American to graduate from the Bradford Academy in Bradford, Massa
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William Sidney Pittman
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William Sidney Pittman was an American architect who designed several notable buildings, such as the Zion Baptist Church and the nearby Deanwood Chess House in the Deanwood neighborhood of Washington,
Portia Washington Pittman
…at Tuskegee Institute, Wellesley College and Bradford Academy, where she graduated in 1905, the first African American to do so. In 1908, she married William Sidney Pittman (1875–1958) with whom she had three children. The couple moved to Washington, D.C., where William established an architectural practice. After falling…
W. Sidney Pittman, ca 1916
Twelfth Street YMCA Building, 1816 Twelfth Street Northwest (Washington, District of Columbia)
Allen Chapel AME Church, Fort Worth
Portico of the Wesley Chapel AME Church in Houston