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Mills, Robert, 1781-1855

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Personal name headingMills, Robert, 1781-1855
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Variant(s)Mills, Robt., 1781-1855
Birth date1781-08-12
Death date1855-03-03
Place of birthCharleston (S.C.)
Place of deathWashington (D.C.)
Field of activityNeoclassicism (Architecture) Public buildings
Profession or occupationArchitects Engineers
Found inHis Guide to the national executive offices, 1841.
Map of the country between the Atlantic & Pacific oceans, 1852: map recto (Robt. Mills, engr. & arch.)
Britannica website, Aug. 11, 2021 (Robert Mills, American architect; b. Aug. 12, 1781, Charleston, S.C., d. Mar 3, 1855, Washington, D.C.; neoclassical; major works included colleges, prisons, hospitals, houses, canals, bridges, and breakwaters; best-known: Treasury (built 1836-42), Old Patent Office (built 1836-40; later modified) in Washington, D.C.; wings of Independence Hall, Philadelphia (1807); monuments to George Washington, Baltimore (designed 1814, erected 1815-29) and Washington (designed 1836, completed 1884))