Florence Kenyon Hayden Rector

Who was Florence Kenyon Hayden Rector?

Florence Kenyon Hayden Rector is known as the first licensed female architect in the state of Ohio, entering Ohio State University in 1901. She was also the only female architect practicing in central Ohio between 1900 and 1930. She never completed her degree but finished at least two years. Even with that being true she was still able to prove herself a successful architect. She was born in 1882 in St. Louis, and died on May 19, 1973 in Columbus. Even without her degree Rector was employed teaching architecture at Ohio State from 1905 to 1907.