[1] In her early career, she also worked for the National Defense Research Committee, a job which involved analyzing the structures of enemy buildings.

[1] Pettersen also designed Bears Nest, a gated residential village in Park Ridge, New Jersey, where Nixon also lived after leaving Saddle River.

[4] She was licensed in six states other than New Jersey: Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and North Carolina.

[7] In 1965, she was the first female recipient of Cooper Union's Professional Achievement Citation for Distinguished Accomplishments.

[A] She is the namesake of the "Eleanore Pettersen lecture" at Cooper Union, which discusses "principles of design excellence and ecological innovation".

[10] She was included in "A Girl is a Fellow Here" ~ 100 Women in the Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright Archived 2018-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, a documentary film produced by the Beverly Willis Architectural Foundation.