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Bookmark or Share- The Men—and the Women—Who Built the Washington MonumentRobert Mills produced the winning design for the Washington Monument. His design includes the familiar obelisk we see today, but cost-cutting forced the elimination of the colonnaded “pantheon” at the base. View in National Archives Catalog
- Robert Mills: America's First Architect - Google BooksThe first architect trained in America, Robert Mills is best known as the designer of many iconic buildings in our nation's capital: the Washington Monument, the Department of Treasury...
- Robert Mills | Federal Buildings, Greek Revival & NeoclassicalRobert Mills (born Aug. 12, 1781, Charleston, S.C., U.S.—died March 3, 1855, Washington, D.C.) was one of the first American-born professional architects. He was associated with Thomas Jefferson, James Hoban, and Benjamin Latrobe.
- Robert Mills - History of Early American Landscape DesignRobert Mills (August 12, 1781–March 3, 1855) was an American engineer and architect best known for designing the Washington Monument in Washington, DC. He was responsible for some of America’s earliest commemorative monuments, as well many public buildings in the nation’s capital and elsewhere.
- Robert Mills | Encyclopedia.comRobert Mills. Robert Mills (1781-1855), American architect, helped popularize the Greek revival style in the United States. Robert Mills was born in Charleston, S.C., on Aug. 12, 1781. He studied at Charleston College. After moving to Washington, D.C., in 1800, he became an apprentice of the builder-architect James Hoban.
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