1928 Milam Building San Antonio Architect Geo Willis Russwin Hardware Ad 30848

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The  Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Company  was founded in 1839 by Henry E. Russell, Cornelius B. Erwin, and Frederick T. Stanley. It manufactures door locks, padlocks, and other door hardware and it's headquarters were in New Britain, Connecticut (1839-1969) and Berlin, Connecticut (1969-present).

In 1902, it merged with the  P. & F. Corbin Company , forming the  American Hardware Corporation  as a holding company. American was purchased by the Emhart Manufacturing Company in 1964, who reorganized Russell & Erwin as Russwin. It was sold to the  Black & Decker Corporation  in 1989 and in 1994, was sold to William Holdings PLC. In 2000, it was acquired by Assa Abloy AB.


At 280 feet (90 m), the 21-story  Milam Building  in  downtown   San Antonio, Texas , was the tallest  brick  and  reinforced concrete  structure in the United States when it opened in 1928, as well as the first high-rise  air-conditioned   office building . The building was designed by  George Willis , engineered by M.L. Diver, and constructed by L.T. Wright and Company. The building was named in honor of the  Republic of Texas  historical figure  Benjamin Milam , noted for his leadership during the  Texas Revolution . In keeping with that motif, the only flag that flies atop the tower is the  Lone Star flag .

History

The Milam Building has undergone many events, including fires,  foreclosure , and ownership changes. It was owned by  Principal Mutual Life Insurance Co.  of Des Moines, Iowa while the law firm of Maloney & Maloney occupied the top three floors. The 1950s had a tenancy by  Mobil Shell , the  Railroad Commission of Texas , and  Exxon  used the building for their Texas headquarters, before they moved to  Houston . The 1960s saw a tenancy by the men's clothing firm Hutchins Brothers in the specially designed Argyle Room as a permanent retail store within the building.

George Willis was the architect of the building. The Milam Building was listed on  National Register of Historic Places  in 2014. The building was the first high rise office building in the world that was completely air conditioned and the first high rise that was built with no steel girders, only  reinforced concrete .

Design

The building contains 210,851 square-feet within the tower structure and it was the first office building in the United States with built-in air conditioning when constructed.  The general contractor was L.T. Wright and Company and the architect was  George Willis , a student of  Frank Lloyd Wright . The  building engineer  was M. L. Diver The building was named after  Colonel Ben Milam , a leader in the Texas revolution.

The Milam Company advertising proclaimed air conditioning as the building's principal feature, naming it Carrier's "Manufactured Weather." Doors and windows could be closed year-round, making the interior environmentally cleaner and quieter. The air conditioning covered all 21 floors of the building including its basement. The building shares an  architectonic  character with New York's seminal  Barclay-Vesey Building . Exterior ornamentation is kept to a minimum, except at the top of the building.


George Rodney Willis  (August 11, 1879 – January 22, 1960), was an American architect associated with the  Prairie School  and the  Oak Park, Illinois  studio of  Frank Lloyd Wright  who thereafter had a successful career in California and in Texas.

Early life

George Willis was born in  Chicago Illinois , on August 11, 1879, to Byron and Mary (Rodney) Willis. George was the third of four children. His mother was a descendant of  Caesar Rodney , who cast  Delaware 's vote for the  Declaration of Independence .

Education and Architectural Practice in Chicago

Willis attended Chicago public schools and enrolled in the  Art Institute of Chicago  in 1899, affiliated with the Armour Institute (now  Illinois Institute of Technology ). In his last year of school Willis began working in the Oak Park, Illinois, studio of architect  Frank Lloyd Wright , for whom he served as draftsman for four years, rising to the position of head draftsman. During his years with Wright, he worked with draughtsmen and architects who were important practitioners of  Prairie School  architecture, including  Barry Byrne William Eugene Drummond Marion Mahony Isabel Roberts  and  Walter Burley Griffin . As Wright's son John Lloyd Wright recorded:

William Drummond, Francis Barry Byrne, Walter Burley Griffin, Albert McArthur, Marion Mahony, Isabel Roberts and George Willis were the draftsmen. Five men, two women. They wore flowing ties, and smocks suitable to the realm. The men wore their hair like Papa, all except Albert, he didn't have enough hair ... I know that each one of them was then making valuable contributions to the pioneering of the modern American architecture for which my father gets the full glory, headaches and recognition today! 

Architecture Practice in Texas

Willis moved to  California  in 1904 and worked for  Myron Hunt . Projects on the boards during the time that Willis worked with Hunt and his partner  Elmer Grey  include:the Edith Daniels House, in Aradia, CA (1904), the Livingston Jenks House, San Rafael, CA (1904), the Astronomer's House (aka The Monastery) and other buildings, at the  Mount Wilson Observatory , Mount Wilson, CA (1904), the Thomas H. Foote House, East Colorado Street, Pasadena, CA (1905), and the J.W. Gillespie House, in Montecito, CA.

Then, Willis moved to  Dallas , and formed a partnership with Stewart Moore in 1906. From 1907 to 1909 he worked with J. Edward Overbeck in a practice known as Overbeck and Willis. They collaborated on the expansive J. T. Trezevant House along Turtle Creek of 1907, providing Dallas with one of the two most imposing Prairie houses in Texas. In 1910 Willis was practicing alone in Dallas.

Work in San Antonio

In 1911, he moved to  San Antonio, Texas  and was employed by Atlee B. Ayres until 1916, where he produced  Prairie Style  homes for Frank Winerich (1913) and Lonnie Wright (1914-1917). Thereafter he formed his own architectural practice.

Among Willis' San Antonio works are the Lawrence T. Wright house (1914-1917), houses in Alamo Heights and Monte Vista, and a grouping of four small apartments at the corner of Bandera Road and E. Skyview, providing fine Texas example of  Prairie School  architecture. In 1928 he designed the  Milam Building . It was the first office building in the United States with built in air conditioning when constructed and the tallest  brick  and  reinforced concrete  structure in the United States when it opened. It was also the first high-rise  air-conditioned   office building  in the United State ]  The air-conditioning design team was led by Willis H. Carrier, founder of the Carrier Engineering Corporation.

Architect Willis also designed or had input in a series of San Antonio landmarks:  Builders' Exchange Building Bexar County Courthouse San Antonio Municipal Auditorium  (1926);  San Antonio Country Club  (ca 1920) original building (with Atlee B. Ayres);  Palace Theatre  (1923);  Standard Sanitary Manufacturing  Warehouse and Office Building (1923); and  El Conquistador Tourist Hotel  (1927); and  Brackenridge Park Amphitheater .

ARTIST:  ILLUSTRATION OF THE BUILDING AND HARDWARE LOCKS - HANDLES, ETC.

 


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