Louise Blanchard BethuneLouise Blanchard Bethune (July 21, 1856 – December 18, 1913) was the first American woman known to have worked as a professional architect. Blanchard worked primarily in Buffalo, New York and partnered with her husband at Bethune, Bethune & Fuchs. Hotel LafayetteBuffalo Meter Company Building, renamed Bethune Hall to honor Bethune, although she was not the building's architectHer work includes the Hotel Lafayette. The Buffalo Meter Company Building was renamed Bethune Hall in her honor by the University of Buffalo. The former Buffalo Meter Company Building was named Bethune Hall in her honor, when it housed the Department of Art of the University of Buffalo.