Minerva apprentices for architect Edwin W. Thorne through 1888, collaborating with him on the design of several projects in the growing railroad suburbs outside Philadelphia.

Projects: 2 (confirmed under her own name; likely several more in partnership with Edwin W. Thorne as they separated their businesses)

Minerva Parker announces her own architectural practice in downtown Philadelphia.

Projects: 12

Minerva earns the most publicity of her career: she is featured in a front-page profile in the Philadelphia Real Estate Record, and mentioned in hundreds of other publications. This is thanks in part to two of the highest-profile commissions in her portfolio, secured this year: the New Century Club headquarters in Philadelphia and the Queen Isabella Association pavilion in Chicago.

Projects: 26

Minerva begins teaching at Philadelphia School of Design for Women. She marries Rev. William Ichabod Nichols in December.

Projects: 19 (including 3 known to be constructed before 1892, but without a more precise construction date)

Minerva miscarries twins in July.

Projects: 13

Minerva relocates her office to her home at 1616 Mt Vernon Street (Philadelphia).

Projects: 8

Minerva gives birth to her oldest daughter, Adelaide.

Projects: 0

Minerva concludes her four years of teaching at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, where she led courses in architectural ornament.

Projects: 0

Minerva moves with her family to Brooklyn and closes her formal architectural practice, although she continues to practice on an occasional basis. Minerva gives birth to three more children: Caroline (1897), John (1899), and William Jr. (1905).

Projects (1896-1916): 6

Minerva's husband William dies in November 1917, leaving her a widow at the age of 55. Minerva lives (and works) another three decades, dying in November 1949.

Projects: 2

Projects: 1