Background
John A. Miller was born in 1863 in Sterling, Scotland, United Kingdom.
John A. Miller was born in 1863 in Sterling, Scotland, United Kingdom.
The youth received a technical and architectural education in Glasgow and at the University of London.
In the latter part of the 19th century Mr. Miller arrived in the U. S. and began architectural practice in New York in partnership with Henry Atterbury. During that association the firm was awarded one of the prizes in a competition for improvement in Tenement Housing, on a design which embodied the new open stair principle.
In 1900 he moved to Birmingham, Ala., where in the firm of Miller & Martin he was active professionally the remainder of his life, identified with the following named works of the firm: Highland Park Club, 1903; Saks Department Store, 1915; Birmingham Trust & Savings Bank, 1921; Birmingham- Southern College, six major buildings, between 1920 and 1931; also several industrial buildings in Birmingham, and at the University of Alabama, ten major buildings, erected between 1922 and 1932.
Formerly in practice in New York, in 1900 Mr. Miller established an office in Birmingham in partnership with Hugh Martin under the name of Miller & Martin. Later James A. Lewis became a third member of that firm.
In 1900 Mr. Miller established an office in Birmingham in partnership with Hugh Martin under the name of Miller & Martin.
James A. Lewis became a third member of that firm Miller & Martin.
Mr. Miller began architectural practice in New York in partnership with Henry Atterbury.