Marion MacRae (April 30, 1921 – August 11, 2008) was a Canadian architectural historian who won the

Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction The Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a non-fiction book written in English. Since 1987 it is one of fourteen Governor General's Awards for Litera ...

in 1975 for ''Hallowed Walls''. Born in Apple Hill, Ontario, in 1921,MacMaster University Libraries. Anthony Adamson and Marion MacRae fonds

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John David MacRae John David MacRae (19 February 1876 – 20 February 1967) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Apple Hill, Ontario and became a farmer. MacRae served as councillor and reeve of Kenyon Township. He was ...

and Hazel Carlyle MacRae, Marion Bell MacRae grew up in Eastern Ontario and entered at the Ontario College of Art in 1947. She undertook doctoral work at the University of Illinois between 1951 and 1954. She taught Museum Research and Design History for many years at the Ontario College of Art and spent several summers studying the architecture of the seven Loyalist villages submerged by the building of the

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.Charles Enman. "Marion MacRae". Ottawa Citizen, August 26, 2008
/ref> She also taught the History of Canadian Architecture at the

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. MacRae wrote several books with

Anthony Adamson Anthony Patrick Cawthra Adamson, (October 7, 1906 – May 3, 2002) was a Canadian architect, author, teacher, and municipal politician. He was a descendant of Joseph Cawthra through his mother. Born in Toronto, Ontario to Colonel Agar Ad ...

, including ''Hallowed Walls'', an award-winning examination of the architecture of early Ontario churches. In addition to the Governor's General Award, MacRae was also awarded the

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in 1982.

Works

*''The Ancestral Roof: The Domestic Architecture of Upper Canada'' (1963) *''Hallowed Walls: Church Architecture of Upper Canada'' (1975) *''MacNab of Dundurn'' (1971) *''Cornerstones of Order: Courthouses and Townhalls of Ontario, 1784–1914'' (1983)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:MacRae, Marion 1921 births 1979 deaths Governor General's Award-winning non-fiction writers 20th-century Canadian women writers Architectural historians Members of the Order of Canada 20th-century Canadian historians Canadian women historians Canadian expatriates in the United States