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Mills, Robert

Mills, Robert

(1781–1855) architect; born in Charleston, S.C. America's first native-born professional architect, he trained with Hoban and Latrobe and was a chief exponent of the Greek Revival style. He was South Carolina state engineer and architect (1820–30) and architect of public buildings in Washington, D.C. (1836–42). His humane and enlightened designs for hospitals were used nationwide for 40 years. Mills designed the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. (1848–84).
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.

Mills, Robert

(1781–1855)
Designed the Washington Monument, the tallest obelisk that epitomized the romantic Classical ideals.
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Survivors include three sons, Ronald, Michael and Donald, all of Eugene; two daughters, Charlotte Graves and Judith Reed, both of Eugene; five brothers, Frank Dibala of Scotts Mills, Robert Dibala of Scottsburg, Jim Dibala of Reedsport, Leo Dibala of Redmond and Bill Dibala of Salem; two sisters, Ann Maurer of Mount Angel and Dorothy Pollard of Edmonds, Wash.; 21 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
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