Victorine du Pont Homsey

Victorine du Pont Homsey
Victorine du Pont in 1923
Born
Victorine du Pont

(1900-11-27)November 27, 1900
DiedJanuary 6, 1998(1998-01-06) (aged 97)
Alma materWellesley College (BA 1923), Smith College (MA)
OccupationArchitect
Known forFirst woman to be a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
Familydu Pont family

Victorine du Pont Homsey (November 27, 1900 – January 6, 1998) was an American architect and member of the du Pont family. A principal in Victorine & Samuel Homsey, she was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) in 1967, the first woman architect from Delaware and only the eighth woman nationwide to achieve that honor.