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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-0101.3-X | B. Frank Brown Memorial Gymnasium, Old Gulfport High School | 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 | 1955 | 047-GLF-0190-X | Gulf National Bank of Gulfport | Architect | Original building | Gulfport, Harrison Co. |
D | 1955 | 047-GLF-0842-NRD | Grace Memorial Baptist Church | 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. Tart Head Start Center) | Architect/Engineer | Original Building | Gulfport, Harrison Co. |
D | 1960 | 047-GLF-3091 | Gulfport High School | Architect | Additions | 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-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. |
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