Emma Brunson
Emma (née Gruetzke) Brunson (1887–1980) was an American architect and the state of Minnesota's first registered woman architect.

Life and work
Brunson was probably born in St. Paul, Minnesota. Nothing is known of her education and training, however, she  worked as a drafter and specifications writer for Augustus F. Gauger for 15 years before she opened her own firm in 1920. She became Minnesota's First registered woman architect on December 23, 1921, soon after the enactment of the Minnesota law requiring registration for architects and engineers. She did primarily residential work until her retirement in 1968. Brunson died in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1980.

Projects
Some of her buildings are:
 Hugo Koch residence, Osceola Avenue between Albert and Hamline Avenues, Saint Paul, Minnesota (1923)
 Emma Brunson residence, Maryland Street between Arcade and Mendota Streets, Saint Paul
 Theodore Maier residence, 616 Gotzian, St. Paul (1926)
 C.E. Smith residence, 673 Nebraska Avenue, St. Paul (1926)
 George E & Anne N Olson House, 203 Montrose Pl, St. Paul (1936)

Legacy

Her papers are held in the Northwest Architectural Archives at the University of Minnesota.

References

Footnotes

Sources
Emma Brunson- The First Woman Registered as an Architect in MN by Diane Oertel, Ramsey County History Magazine Fall 2017

1887 births
1980 deaths
Architects from Saint Paul, Minnesota
American women architects
20th-century American architects
20th-century American women