Harold H. Davis
Born(1897-11-03)November 3, 1897
DiedNovember 2, 1969(1969-11-02) (aged 71)
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
AwardsFellow, American Institute of Architects (1950)
Henry F. Miller
Born(1916-09-16)September 16, 1916
DiedOctober 14, 2008(2008-10-14) (aged 92)
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
AwardsFellow, American Institute of Architects (1972)
The Hagaman Memorial Library in East Haven, designed by Davis & Walldorff and completed in 1928.
Henry F. Miller's house in Orange, completed in 1949.

Harold H. Davis FAIA (November 3, 1897 – November 2, 1969) and Henry F. Miller FAIA (September 16, 1916 – October 14, 2008) were American architects in practice in New Haven, Connecticut, together and separately, from 1926 to 1990.

Partners and history

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Harold Heath Davis FAIA was born November 3, 1897, in Middletown, Connecticut to Charles Talcott Davis and Grace Davis, née Hubbard. He was educated in the Middletown public schools and at Syracuse University, graduating in 1920 with a BArch. He then worked for architect Charles Scranton Palmer until 1926, when he formed the partnership of Davis & Walldorff with Robert L. Walldorff. The partnership's works include the Hagaman Memorial Library (1928) in East Haven. This partnership was dissolved in 1934.[1]

Davis then practiced as a sole proprietor until 1956, when he formed the partnership of Davis, Cochran & Miller with Walter H. Cochran and Henry F. Miller.[1]

Henry Forster Miller FAIA was born September 16, 1916 in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to Rutger Bleecker Miller and Dorothy Miller, née Forster. He was educated at Yale University, graduating with a BA in 1938 and an MArch in 1948, with his education bisected by service in World War II. As a thesis project he designed the Henry F. Miller House (1949) in Orange. After spending a year as an instructor in the Yale architecture school he joined Davis' office in 1949. He became an associate in 1952.[2][3]

Davis and Cochran collaborated on the firm's traditional projects while Miller led their modern projects. In 1965 he was also made coordinator for the Connecticut State Historic Preservation Agency.[3]

In January, 1969, the firm was reorganized as Davis Cochran Miller Baerman Noyes to include Donald J. Baerman and Herbert M. Noyes. Davis died November 2, 1969, after which Miller was the firm's principal designer.[1] In 1974 Miller withdrew from the partnership to join Yale University as associate director of the facilities planning office.[3] At that time the firm moved to Guilford and was reorganized as Davis Cochran Miller Noyes, as Baerman had also withdrawn. The firm became Noyes Associates in 1976 and later Noyes Vogt Associates and was active into the early 21st century.

In 1990 Miller retired from his Yale and state positions.[3] In 2001 his house in Orange was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.[4] He died October 14, 2008 in New Haven.

Architectural works

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Davis & Walldorff, 1926–1934

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Harold H. Davis, 1934–1956

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Davis, Cochran & Miller, 1956–1968

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Davis Cochran Miller Baerman Noyes, 1969–1974

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Davis Cochran Miller Noyes, 1974–1977

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Notes

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  1. ^ Designed by Davis, Cochran & Miller, architects, with Victor Christ-Janer, consulting architect. Demolished.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Davis, Harold Health" in National Cyclopaedia of American Biography 55 (Clifton, James T. White & Company, 1974): 78.
  2. ^ "Miller, Henry F(orster)" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1956): 381.
  3. ^ a b c d "Miller, Henry Forster" in Who's Who in America (New Providence: Marquis Who's Who, 1992): 2346.
  4. ^ Richard Weizel, "Architectural Trend Still Stirs Passions," The New York Times, August 26, 2001. Accessed July 20, 2024.
  5. ^ Elizabeth Mills Brown, New Haven: A Guide to Architecture and Urban Design (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1976): 45.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Miller, Henry F(orster)" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): 483.
  7. ^ "SNET Starts Occupying New Building Wednesday," Bridgeport Post, August 24, 1958, A15.
  8. ^ "New SNETCO Building To Start Service April 1," Hartford Courant, January 14, 1962, 35A.
  9. ^ "Cochran, Walter H(ugh)" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 176.
  10. ^ a b c "Miller, Henry Forster" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 623.
  11. ^ Elizabeth Mills Brown, New Haven: A Guide to Architecture and Urban Design (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1976): 145.
  12. ^ Elizabeth Mills Brown, New Haven: A Guide to Architecture and Urban Design (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1976): 199.
  13. ^ Elizabeth Mills Brown, New Haven: A Guide to Architecture and Urban Design (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1976): 24.