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Normand Smith Patton was a partner in the Chicago architectural firm Patton & Miller 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 Hartford, Connecticut in 1852. He was educated at Amherst College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1885 he joined in partnership with Reynolds Fisher. Grant Miller joined the firm at the end of the century, and Fisher departed in 1901. Normand Patton passed away in 1915.[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

____: architect, Chicago Board of Education.[3]

1885-1901: partner & architect, Patton & Fisher.[3]

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

post 1912: partner & architect, Patton, Holmes, & Flinn.[3]

Buildings & Projects

Undated

Old Main (n.d.), Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa.[3][a]

Carleton College buildings (n.d.), Northfield, Minnesota.[3][a]

Beloit College buildings (n.d.), Beloit, Wisconsin.[3][a]

While some work done as a part of his partnership, Patton & Miller, is listed below, more 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

a. These were done as a part of his earlier firm with Reynolds Fisher.[3]

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, “Normand Smith Patton (1852-1915), 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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