Background
R. Broghard Okie was born in 1875 at Camden, New Jersey, United States.
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re-creation of William Penn’s Manor House
R. BROGNARD OKIE
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After attending Haverford, Pa., College 1893-94, completed a course of architectural study at the University of Pennsylvania in 1897.
Career
During the early 1920's he established an office in Philadelphia, and through the following years practiced independently, except for a brief period of partnership in the firm of Duhring, Okie & Ziegler.
Personally Mr. Okie attained a reputation as specialist in the restoration of historic buildings, with noted examples of his work including a reproduction of High Street in Philadelphia for the Sesqui-Centennial Exposition of 1925-26; restoration of the Betsey Ross House; re-creation of William Penn’s Manor House, and restoration of churches at Silver Springs and Paxton, Pa.
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Membership
He was member of the local Chapter, A. I. A. after 1919, and elected to Institute Fellowship in 1932.
