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Hill, Milton Baxter Ellis (b.1917 - d.1979)

Architect/Engineer, Gulfport, MS

Born in Helena, Arkansas, he attended Auburn University (Alabama Polytech), receiving his B. Arch. in 1940, and a B. Civil Engineering in 1944. He was the Architect for Building and Grounds at Auburn from 1940-1943, and taught Elementary Drawing, Building Construction, Steel Design, Concrete Design, and Advanced Structure from 1943-1943. He worked briefly as an Architectural Engineer in the office of Raymond Sizemore in Montgomery, AL, in 1944-1945, and served in the U.S. Navy in 1945 (possibly at the Seabee base in Gulfport), beginning his own firm (Milton B.E. Hill and Associates) that same year in Gulfport. He was registered in Alabama and Mississippi, and was a licensed engineer. He was named chairman of the Gulf Regional Planning Commission when it was organized in 1964 and retained the title for several years. He was treasurer of the commission at the time of his death. He was a member of the Consulting Engineers Council of Mississippi, the American Concrete Institute, the Pre-cast Concrete Institute, and a member of the Gulfport Elks Lodge BPOE 978. A Methodist, he married in 1937 and had four children. Office listed in 1956 and 1962 at 1232 Pass Road, Gulfport, and he resided in 1956 at 911 S. Wanda Place. He was a partner in the firm Hill & Simpkins with Harry Melvin Simkins, Professional Engineer, from 1961 to at least 1970 According to the Social Security Death Index, he died in Gulfport on Feb. 27, 1979 and is buried at Evergreen Gardens Cemetery, Gulfport. See also American Architects Directory, 1956.

	Date	Inventory#	Name of Property	Role	Description of Work	Location
D		047-GLF-0094	W.R. Fairchild Construction Co., LTD. offices	Architect	Original Building	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
D	1948	047-LNG-0003.3-X	Elementary Building, Long Beach School complex	Architect	Original building	Long Beach, Harrison Co.
D	1949	047-GLF-2678	Milton Hill House, Broadmoor neighborhood, 911 Wanda Place, South	Architect	Original Building	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
D	c.1950	047-GLF-2198.2-NRD-ML	Soria City Elementary School (II), 1906 19th Street	Architect	Original building	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
D	1951	047-GLF-1433.2	High School Building, Thirty-Third Avenue School complex	Architect	Original building	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
D	1953	047-GLF-3090	Bayou View Elementary School	Architect	Original building	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
?	c.1953	047-GLF-2636-NRD	house, 1116 Oak Place	Architect	original building	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
D	1954	047-GLF-2450-X	East Ward School	Architect	Rear addition--auditorium/lunchroom, etc.	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
D	1954	047-GLF-0101.3-X	B. Frank Brown Memorial Gymnasium, Old Gulfport High School	Architect	Original building	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
D	1955	047-GLF-0842-NRD	Grace Memorial Baptist Church	Architect	Original Building	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
D	1955	047-GLF-0190-X	Gulf National Bank of Gulfport	Architect	Original building	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
?	c.1955	047-GLF-2627-NRD	house, 2305 Magnolia Place	Architect	original building	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
D	1957	047-GLF-2591-NRD	East-Side Baptist Church (Broadmoor Baptist Church)	Architect for additions	Rear Addition	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
D	1959	047-GLF-2005-NRD	Soria City Elementary School (Harry C. Tartt Head Start Center)	Architect/Engineer	Original Building	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
D	1960	047-GLF-3034-X	Handsboro School (White), Handsboro community	Architect	4-classroom addition	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
D	1960	047-GLF-3091	Gulfport High School	Architect	Additions	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
D	1960	047-GLF-2450-X	East Ward School	Architect	1-classroom addition	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
D	1963-64	no file	Coca-Cola Building	Architect	original building	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
D	1965	047-GLF-0032-NRD	First United Methodist Church Education Building	Architect	Original Building	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
D	1967-69	047-GLF-0088	Mississippi Power Company Building	Architect--Associate	Original building	Gulfport, Harrison Co.