Robert Mills (architect)
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Robert Mills was an American architect and cartographer best known for designing both the first Washington Monument in Baltimore, Maryland, as well as the better known Washington Monument in Washingto
Robert Mills, architect
Mills' proposed design for the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.
The headstone of Robert Mills in the Congressional Cemetery
James Hoban
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James Hoban was an Irish-American architect, best known for designing the White House in Washington D.C.
Robert Mills (architect)
…claim to this honor. Mills studied in Charleston, South Carolina, as a student in the lower school at the College of Charleston and of Irish architect James Hoban, and later worked with him on his commission for the White House. This became the official home of US presidents. Both Hoban and Mills were Freemasons…
Waxen bas-relief on glass of Hoban, c. 1800
Dublin Society offices and studios at 112 Grafton Street, where Hoban learned draughtsmanship.
Hoban was the architect for the Charleston County Courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina, built between 1790 and 1792, which drew the attention of George Washington
Hoban's amended elevation of the White House form late 1793 or early 1794)