Grant Clark Miller (1870-1956), Architect
Grant Clark Miller was a partner with Normand S. Patton 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.
Contents
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]
____-1901: architect, Patton & Fisher.[3]
1901-1912: partner & architect, Patton & Miller.[3]
post 1912: partner & architect, Miller, Fullenwider, & Dowling.[3]
Buildings & Projects
Much of Grant Miller's work was done as part of his partnership, Patton & Miller. Some of this 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]
Freeport Carnegie Library (1901), Freeport, Illinois.[3]
Marshalltown Carnegie Library (1902), Marshalltown, Iowa.[3]
Clinton Carnegie Library (1903-1904), Clinton, Iowa.[3]
Mason City Carnegie Library (1903), Mason City, Iowa.[3]
Eldora Carnegie Library (1903), Eldora, Iowa.[3]
Vinton Carnegie Library (1903), Vinton, Iowa.[3]
Council Bluffs Carnegie Library (1904-1905), Council Bluffs, Iowa.[3]
Chariton Carnegie Library (1904), Chariton, Iowa.[3]
Mount Pleasant Carnegie Library (1904), Mount Pleasant, Iowa.[3]
Kendall Young Library (1904), Webster City, Iowa.[3]
Charles City Carnegie Library (1904), Charles City, Iowa.[3]
Monticello Carnegie Library (1904), Monticello, Iowa.[3]
Spencer Carnegie Library (1904-1905), Spencer, Iowa.[3]
Algona Carnegie Library (1905), Algona , Iowa.[3]
Marengo Carnegie Library (1905), Marengo, Iowa.[3]
Shenandoah Carnegie Library (1905), Shenandoah, Iowa.[3]
Tecumseh Carnegie Library (1906), Tecumseh, Nebraska.[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)
Red Oak Public Library (1909), Red Oak, Iowa.[3]
Onawa Public Library (1909), Onawa, Iowa.[3]
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, May 3, 2024.
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