Name/Title
Robert Mills: America's First ArchitectEntry/Object ID
2009.004.009Description
The first architect trained in America, Robert Mills is best known as the designer of many iconic buildings in our nation's capital: the Washington Monument, the Department of Treasury headquarters, the Patent Office Building (now National Portrait Gallery), and the Post Office Headquarters. Mills, whose career spanned the period 1810 to 1855, was a colleague of James Hoban, architect of the White House, and Thomas Jefferson, designer of Monticello and the University of Virginia. He trained with Benjamin Henry Latrobe, designer of the Virginia State Capitol and the Bank of Pennsylvania. With this circle of friends, Mills was instrumental in creating the physical design of the new republic. Illustrated with never-before-published watercolors and renderings and new color photography commissioned for the book. Author John Bryan weaves the history of Mills's architectural designs and engineering inventions together with the lives of the individuals who most influenced him, and shows how he can rightly be called our founding father of architecture.
Contents: Youth in Charleston 1781-1800 [Prologue] -- Early Mentors, James Hoban and Thomas Jefferson, Washington, D.C., 1800-1803 -- Training with Benjamin Henry Latrobe I803-I807 -- The Young Professional, Philadelphia, 1808-1812 -- Diversification and Maturity,
Richmond, Philadelphia, Baltimore, 1810-1820 -- Internal Improvements, South Carolina, 1820-1829 -- National Practice, Washington, D.C. and Elsewhere, 1830-1835 -- "Architect of Public Buildings," Washington, D.C., 1836-1842, and Subsequent Practice
xiii, 330 p. : ill. (some col.), plans, ports. ; 28 cm.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2009.004.Source or Donor
New Library Books Purchased (2009)Acquisition Method
PurchasedCredit Line
Restricted Book/Archives Acquisition Fund PurchaseLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Fine Arts, Architecture, Mills, Robert, 1781-1855, Architects--United States--BiographyBook Details
Author
Bryan, John MorrillPublisher
Princeton Architectural PressDate Published
2001Call No.
NA737 .M5 B788 2001ISBN
1568982968LCCN
2004268106Notes
Copy No.: 0Location
Category
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: By John M. Bryan.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-324) and index.
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April 5, 2023