Patton & Miller

Patton & Miller was an architectural firm of Chicago, Illinois.

Normand Smith Patton and Grant C. Miller^[1] designed over 100 Carnegie libraries nationwide, including Buffalo Township Public Library, built in 1894, and 14 more in Illinois.^[2]

They designed numerous buildings which have been preserved and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[3] ^[4]

Works (with attribution variations) include:

Belmonte Flats, Chicago, NRHP-listed
Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus, built in the Romanesque revival architecture style that were designed by Patton & Fisher and their successor firm, Patton, Fisher & Miller
Crawfordsville Senior High School, built 1910, Prairie School architecture
Spies Public Library
Peter White Public Library
Buffalo Township Public Library, 302 W. Mason St. Polo, IL (Patton and Miller), NRHP-listed
Carnegie Public Library, 125 S. College St. Tyler, TX (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Chariton Free Public Library, 803 Braden Chariton, IA (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Clinton Public Library, 306 8th Ave, S. Clinton, IA (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Council Bluffs Free Public Library, 200 Pearl St. Council Bluffs, IA (Patton and Miller), NRHP-listed
Crawfordsville High School, 201 E. Jefferson St. Crawfordsville, IN (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Danville Public Library, 307 N. Vermillion St. Danville, IL (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Eau Claire Public Library, 217 S. Farwell St. Eau Claire, WI (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Eckhart Public Library and Park, 603 S. Jackson St. Auburn, IN (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Eldora Public Library, 1219 14th Ave. Eldora, IA (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Elkhart County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq. Goshen, IN (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Goshen Carnegie Public Library, 202 N. 5th St. Goshen, IN (Patton,Fisher, & Miller of Chica), NRHP-listed
Hendricks, Thomas A., Library, College Dr. (Campus Rd.) Hanover, IN (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Jacksonville Public Library, 201 W. College Ave. Jacksonville, IL (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Kendall Young Public Library, 1201 Willson Ave. Webster City, IA (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Kewanee Public Library, 102 S Tremont Kewanee, IL (Patton and Miller), NRHP-listed
Laird Hall, 70 Greenfield St. Tiffin, OH (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Linton Public Library, 110 E. Vincennes St. Linton, IN (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Mason City Public Library, 208 E. State St. Mason City, IA (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Mount Pleasant Public Library, 200 N. Main St. Mount Pleasant, IA (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Onawa Public Library, Iowa Ave. and 7th St. Onawa, IA (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Pfleiderer Center for Religion and the Humanities, 28 Greenfield St. Tiffin, OH (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Red Oak Public Library, 2nd and Washington Sts. Red Oak, IA (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Streator Public Library, 130 S. Park St. Streator, IL (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
Vinton Public Library, 510 2nd Ave. Vinton, IA (Patton & Miller of Chicago), NRHP-listed
Williard Hall, 116 Greenfield St. Tiffin, OH (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed
One or more works in Linton Commercial Historic District, roughly bounded by B St. N, 1st St. E, A St. S, 1st St. W Linton, IN (Patton & Miller), NRHP-listed

Notes

Clinton, Iowa architectural firm of Patton & Miller. Beaux Arts Classicism style with a monumental entry with processional steps and flanking paired columns. ...
Freeport, Illinois Carnegie Library in Illinois and one of the first Carnegie Libraries designed by the famous Chicago architectural firm of Patton and Miller. ...
Illinois Carnegie Libraries Multiple Property Submission

References

^ Abigail Ayres Van Slyck (1995). Free to All: Carnegie Libraries & American Culture, 1890-1920. University of Chicago Press. p. 60. ISBN 9780226850313. http://books.google.com/books?id=BW73Q-QlGX8C&pg=PA60. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
^ Schnell, Karen E. Illinois Carnegie Libraries, National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form, NPS Focus, National Park Service, November 10, 1993, accessed January 22, 2011.
^ Illinois Carnegie Libraries MPS
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.