Robert Mills. (Book Reviews).

Architectural Science Review | September 1, 2002 | Copyright

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America's First Architect - Robert Mills, by John M. Bryan. Princeton Architectural Press, New York 2001 (our copy from Birkhauser Verlag, PO Box 133, CH-1040, Basel). 330 pp., ill., index Price: 78.00 Swiss Francs.

Mills was the first American professional architect trained in America. Jefferson, like Burlington, was a gentleman amateur. L'Enfant was French, Latrobe was British, and Bulfinch and Thornton, although American-born, had studied in Europe. Thus the description of Mills as the first all-American professional architect is correct. Bryan, ...

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