Main entry:

Gallagher, H. M. Pierce (Helen Mar Pierce), 1860-1942.

Title & Author:

Robert Mills, architect of the Washington Monument, 1781-1855 [by] H.M. Pierce Gallagher.

Publication:

New York, Columbia University Press, 1935.

Description:

xxv, 233 pages, 1 leaf frontispiece, illustrations, plates, maps, facsimiles 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-220).
Citizen and friend of Presidents. Lineage -- The growing years -- Marriage -- Professional struggles -- The life of the mind -- Dreamer and visionary -- The later years -- Grave no. III -- Architect and city planner. Public buildings -- Churches -- Dwellings -- Designer of monuments -- Engineer and nation planner -- Appendices. The Tuscan order, an essay / Robert Mills -- The progress of architecture in Virginia, an essay / Robert Mills -- Mills's autobiography -- Additional autobiographical notes, from the "Introduction" to a projected work, "The architectural works of Robert Mills" -- Quotations and abstracts from Robert Mills's notebook and diary -- Pioneer railroad to the Pacific -- "Robert Mills, the architect" : from an old newspaper -- Genealogical notes on the Mills family -- President Buchanan's obituary of Jacqueline S. Mills Pendleton, daughter of Robert Mills (clipping from unidentified Washington newspaper, found among the Mills family documents) -- Letters -- Obituary notices of Robert Mills from Washington papers.

Subject:

Mills, Robert, 1781-1855.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 78946
Call No.: W4649; ID:86-B14730
Status: Available