LC control no. | n 50033256 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Mills, Robert, 1781-1855 |
Variant(s) | Mills, Robt., 1781-1855 |
Birth date | 1781-08-12 |
Death date | 1855-03-03 |
Place of birth | Charleston (S.C.) |
Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
Field of activity | Neoclassicism (Architecture) Public buildings |
Profession or occupation | Architects Engineers |
Found in | His 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)) |