Miller & Beal, Inc.

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Miller & Beal, Inc., was a prominent architectural firm based in Portland, Maine, established in 1929. It was the successor to Miller, Mayo & Beal. Architect Lester I. Beal led the office.

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History

The office was established in 1929, as Miller & Beal, when Raymond J. Mayo withdrew from the firm of Miller, Mayo & Beal. Lester Beal had worked for Mayo and William R. Miller since 1906, when the firm was based in Lewiston. The senior partner, William Miller, died on December 14, 1929, but Beal continued the office as Miller & Beal, Inc. [1]

Maine architect William Robinson Miller (1866-1929) specialized in richly ornamented Romanesque- and French-Revival buildings. Born in Durham, Maine, Miller attended Bates College and the School of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1891-1892).

In the late 1950s Beal added Joseph DePeter and Ernest F. Spaulding as partners, with the firm becoming known as Beal, DePeter, Spaulding. He retired soon afterward, in 1960. After his 1966 death, the firm became Beal, DePeter, Ward with Edwin Corrigan Ward. [2]

Architectural works

Miller & Beal, 1929

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Beal, DePeter, Spaulding, from 1966

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Saco Central Fire Station NRHP Nomination. 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 American Architects Directory New York: R. R. Bowker, 1970.
  3. ↑ Engineering News-Record 18 July 1929: 77. New York.
  4. ↑ Engineering News-Record 19 Dec. 1929: 74. New York.
  5. ↑ Engineering News-Record Aug. 1932: 11. New York.
  6. ↑ Iron Age 26 July 1934: 72. New York.
  7. ↑ Bridgemen's Magazine Oct. 1936.
  8. ↑ Westbrook High School NRHP nomination. 1979.
  9. ↑ Engineering News-Record 27 Oct. 1938: 45. New York.
  10. ↑ Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine for the Year Ending June 30, 1941. 1941.
  11. ↑ Engineering News-Record 18 June 1942: 217. New York.
  12. ↑ Engineering News-Record 13 Jan. 1944: 169. New York.
  13. ↑ Engineering News-Record 13 Oct. 1949: 86. New York.
  14. ↑ Engineering News-Record 24 Aug. 1950: 74. New York.
  15. ↑ Clifford, Harold Burton. The Boothbay Region, 1906 to 1960. 1961.
  16. ↑ Engineering News-Record 1953: 85. New York.
  17. ↑ Engineering News-Record 1954: 157. New York.
  18. ↑ Engineering News-Record 8 May 1975: 58. New York.
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