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Revision as of 13:33, 10 November 2016

Chicago, Illinois


Grant Clark Miller was a partner in the Chicago architectural firm Patton & Miller, Architects that designed a few libraries in Nebraska, and over one hundred of the 1,679 Carnegie library buildings erected between 1886 and 1919. He was born in Rockford, Illinois in 1870, and his family moved to Mount Vernon, Iowa when he was 13. He attended three years at Cornell College, he went to the university of Illinois to study architecture under Nathan C. Ricker.[3]

This page is a contribution to the publication, Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. See the format and contents page for more information on the compilation and page organization.

Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings

Educational & Professional Associations

1887-1890: student, Cornell Academy & College.[3]

1890-1895: student, University of Illinois.[3]

1894: B.S. degree in architecture, University of Illinois.[3]

1895: M.S. degree in architecture, University of Illinois.[3]

ca.1896/1898-1901: partner & architect, Patton, Fisher, & Miller.[3]

1901-1912: partner & architect, Patton & Miller.[3]

Buildings & Projects

Much of Grant Miller's work was done as part of his partnership, Patton & Miller. Some of his work is listed below, but more buildings & projects can be found on the firm's page.

Hackley Memorial Library (1889), Muskegon, Michigan.[3]

Scoville Library (1897), Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.[3]

P.M. Musser Library (1901), Muscatine, Iowa.[3]

Tecumseh Carnegie Library (1906).[1]

Alma Carnegie Library (1907), SW corner John Ave. & 2nd, Alma, Nebraska.[1] (HN01-049)

Superior Carnegie Library (1907) 354 Commercial Ave., Superior, Nebraska.[1][2] (NU13-735)

Notes

References

1. Nebraska State Library Commission architect's file

2. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

3. Paul Kruty, “Patton & Miller: Designers of Carnegie Libraries,” The Palimpsest Vol. 64, No. 4. (Iowa State Historical Department, July/August 1983), 110-122.

Page Citation

D. Murphy, “Grant Clark Miller (1870-1956), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, November 10, 2016. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, November 22, 2024.


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