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Robert Mills shaping South Carolina and national memory
Architect Robert Mills, born in Charleston in 1781, left a legacy across South Carolina and the nation. His works include the First Presbyterian Church in Augusta, the Mills House in Columbia, the State Hospital’s Treasury Building design, and memorials such as the Washington Monument in Baltimore and the planned Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., cementing his status as the first native-born American architect.
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Robert Mills
Charleston
Mills
South Carolina College
University of South Carolina
Columbia
USC Columbia
First Presbyterian Church
Telfair Street
Augusta
Blanding Street
Ainsley Hall
Presbyterian Synod of
South Carolina
Decatur
Insane Asylum
South Carolina State Hospital
Andrew Jackson
Treasury Building
15Th Street
Washington National Monument
Baltimore
George Washington
Causici
Charles Dickens
Inner Harbor
Mount Vernon
Walters Art Gallery
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Baltimore Memorial
Washington Monument
Ated
Washington