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Lilian Jennette Rice (1898-December 22, 1938) was an American architect.

Rice was the daughter of Julius and Laura Rice and was born in National City, California, just south of San Diego. In 1906, she entered the University of California and she left Berkeley with a degree in architecture in 1910, one of the University's first female graduates. She returned to Southern California after her graduation and for the next decade she cared for her mother and taught drawing and geometry at San Diego High School and San Diego State Teachers College, now San Diego State University. In 1921, she was chosen by Richard Requa, of the firm of Requa and Jackson, to be the lead planner on the new development at Rancho Santa Fe in San Diego County. From 1922 until 1927 this project consumed much of her time. After her association with Requa and Jackson, Rice opened her own architectural firm in the late 1920s. In 1931 she gained membership into the American Institute of Architecture, one of only a few women admitted up to that time. She died suddenly after falling ill at her home in Rancho Santa Fe and an emergency operation that failed to save her life.

Among her historic designs are the Inn at Rancho Santa Fe (1924), the Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club (1926), the Fleet-Rice-Hoyt House (1936-1937) and the Martha Kinsey Residence (1937) in La Jolla, and the ZLAC Rowing Club clubhouse (1932) on Mission Bay in San Diego. Rice was a member of the ZLAC Rowing Club and president of the club in 1915-1916.

The Lillian J. Rice Elementary School in Chula Vista, California is named for her.

(1) https://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/83fall/rice.htm

(2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_San_Diego_Historical_Landmarks_in_La_Jolla,_California

(3) Wallace, Helen Wetzell. A History of the ZLAC Rowing Club, 1892-1992. San Diego, CA: 1992.

(4) https://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/v53-3/index.htm

(5) http://www.cvesd.org/rice/default.aspx

(6) http://www.rsf.com/area_history-lilian.htm