Victoria Therese Donohoe

1929–2018

U. S. Census

Census	Age	Race	Gender	Marital	Relation	Address	Birthplace	Father's	Mother's	As transcribed
1930	1	White	Female	Single	Daughter	34 Narbrook Park	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	M Victoria Donohoe	34 Narbrook
1940	11	White	Female	Single	Daughter	34 Narbrook Park	Pennsylvania			Victoria Donohoe	34 Narbrook
1950	21	White	Female	Never	Daughter	34 Narbrook Park	Pennsylvania			Victoria Donohoe	34 Narbrook

Census Households

Census	Name	Relation	Age	Own	Race	Marital	Birthplace	Business	Trade
1930	Daniel J Donohoe	Head	35	Own	White	Married	Pennsylvania	Advertising	Artist
	Ann L Donohoe	Wife	34		White	Married	Pennsylvania
	Victoria Therese Donohoe	Daughter	1		White	Single	Pennsylvania
1940	Daniel J Donohoe	Head	49	Own	White	Married	Pennsylvania	Newspaper	Commercial Artist
	Ann L Donohoe	Wife	49		White	Married	Pennsylvania
	Victoria Therese Donohoe	Daughter	11		White	Single	Pennsylvania
1950	Daniel J Donohoe	Head	58		White	Married	Pennsylvania	Newspaper	Advertising Artist
	Ann L Donohoe	Wife	56		White	Married	Pennsylvania
	Victoria Therese Donohoe	Daughter	21		White	Never	Pennsylvania

Victoria Donohoe was a lifelong resident of 34 Narbrook Park, the home her family owned for 95 years, from 1923 until 2018. Vicky researched and wrote the nomination (PDF) that resulted in Narbrook Park being listed as an Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places. She drafted the Bert Bell state historic marker on Haverford Ave. She was the Philadelphia Inquirer art and architecture critic for over 50 years, wrote numerous articles and essays on the history of Narberth and left a huge collection of paintings, drawings, papers and photographs.

Vicky's local history essays on Friends of Narberth History and the Lower Merion Historical Society:

Narberth from Montgomery County, the Second Hundred Years (1983)
Narberth—A History (1995)
Six chapters in The First 300: The Amazing and Rich History of Lower Merion (2000): Colonel Owen Jones’ Wynne Wood, Narberth, Local Trades, The Von Trapp Family in Merion, William McDowell’s Olinda, Isaac Clothier’s Ballytore

baby sitting on kitchen sink — Vicky in the kichen of 34 Narbrook, as a young woman, self-portrait (1952), researching, looking fabulous, on her doorstep.