r to be given at 4:30 p. in. Tuesday by William D. Work Robert Mills 9 Classic man at the fall meeting of the Architect Mills Described Historic Columbia Founda tion at Hotel Wade Hmpton. Times Workman, associate editor sSTatv.As Far; Oct. 11©&3©J Beyond His of ©The State, (s a student of Washington Monuments the works of Robert Mills. By EUGENE B. SLOAN the mansion. Three members of the Kohn In his address, Workman trac As the nation observes Wash the final work completed Novem Recognition of the genius of Staff Writer and Hennig families joined in Current interest in Mills, ington©s birthday, it is of special ber 25, 1829. ©Robert Mills and the credit re- ed Mills* work and influence on presenting to the Library a bust who designed the Washington interest to South Carolinians that The Washington Monument in Robert Mills, architect and public buildings throughout of Mills by A. Wolfe Davidson. Monument, the Treasury three monuments honoring the Richmond, called one of Mills© fleeted upon his native state is engineer of the early 19th cen South Carolina and the nation Making the presentation in hon Building and the old Post Of "Father of Our Country" were most imaginative conceptions, long overdue in the opinion of tury, was described Tuesday as in courthouses, monuments, in or of the late Helen Kohn Hen fice in Washington, D. C. designed by the South Carolinian features an equestrian statue of numerous South Carolinians. a man far beyond his times in stitutional buildings and resi nig, were David Kohn of Wash (now the National Portrait Robert Mills who, as thp most Washington, with additional To create a Robert Mills Me vision and ideas. dences. ington, D. C., Julian Hennig Sr., Gallery) stems from restora famous arrhitest of his day. left bronze statues depicting the story morial Park, centered by a resi W. D. Workman Jr., associate But beyond these, said Work and Julian Hennig Jr., both of tion now inprogress of the his mark on much of America©s of Virginia history as an allegory. dential design by him which has editor of The State, told the fall man, were Mills© genius and Columbia. Ainsley Hall mansion here, architecture. It is on this equestrian statue been called one of the great sur meeting of Historic Columbia ideas. Mrs. James T. Gittman pre one of the famous architect©s The most famous of (he© three of Washington that the main de viving examples of early Ameri Foundation of Mills© wide inter* He Said this genius was ex- sented four volumes of Carl Ju few domestic designs. is the National Monument in sign of the Great Seal of the can domestic architecture (the est and genius in such diversi- pecially manifest in Mills* novel lian©s pictorial books in memory Mills was the first Federal Washington, D. C. "the greatest Confederate States of America Ainsley Hall House), a campaign field activities as engineer and practical ideas for estab of her late husband. architect appointed by An monumental column ever created is currently underway in South ing, transportation, architec lishing water navigation in drew Jackson and did much wag based, according to reliable Carolina©s capital city, where the. Mrs. Roy A. Little Jr., Foun in any age of the world," a pro sources. J ture, and civic affairs. South Carolina and for a plan to to shape the facade of early ject which was first proposed Interest in the South Carolina cross the mountains with locks dation treasurer, announced Washington. Two of his cus by the Continental Congress in born architect has been height and canals. that the Foundation had spent toms houses built In New Lon 1783 and finally completed, after, ened in Columbia during the Mills had a vision, said Work $366,998.76 for the Ainsely Hall don, Conn., and New Bedford, many years of struggle, and! past few years as a result of man, of a transcontinental sys property, and $40,887.37 for the Mass., are preserved in those through the administration of 15 Historic Columbia Foundation©s tem of water transportation. restoration already completed. localities. presidents, with its dedication on successful efforts in acquiring Mrs. James F. preher, Foun She said about $100,000 more December 6, 1884. and restoring the Mill^-designed dation president, introduced a would be needed to complete His Washington Monument The site of the monument, Ainsley Hall Mansion on Tay- number of donors of gifts for the project. In Baltimore, Md.. Is consid which was to exemplify the lor Street. the Robert Mills Room. Mrs. Alva Lumpkin Jr., re ered one of that city©s most "gratitude and love for the coun Yesterday©s meeting also in Hagood Bostick presented a ported that the restoration was Important landmarks and sev try©s military hero." was chosen cluded progress reports on the copy of Mills© Atlas, and Wil i proceeding at a rapid rate and eral examples of his work by Washington himself at the re restoration, and the receipt of liam Weston, III, on behalf of i that new columns and bal- have been preserved in Rich quest of the Continental Con gifts for the Robert Mills Room, his family, presented a copy of jastrades had been installed on mond, Va. gress; namely, the 30 acres near [the exterior. the Potomac River, west of the one of three libraries to be in Mills© Statistics. Mills© native Charleston has Capitol and south of the White the first fireproof building House. erected in this country, which In 1876, the notM statesman. is his design, and is now the Robert C- \Vinlhrnp of Boston, home of the South Carolina saved the Monument from aban-i Historical Society. donmrnt, i In Columbia, Mills© build It would be an eternal disgrace. | ing on the right as one enters he declared, for the Government] the State Hospital, was erect to betray its trusteeship over, ed in 1828 and was one of the funds that had been gathered I first of such buildings to "during a period of forty-three! provide windows for patients© years from the people, in large! rooms. and small sums, as free-will of-i Interest in the work of ferings." I Robert Mills has increased Following a meeting of repre-| with efforts of the Columbia fipntative citizens who determined© Historic Foundation to save that the people of the United) and preserve the Ainsley Hall States should supply the funds. | mansion. many of these contributions had An important feature of the been received through the efforts Washington Monument in Richmond of Masonic bodies and the volun restoration of this house and tary services of postmasters, over , house and its four-acre grounds surrounding grounds will be a the entire country, a number of ^are located. library of Millsiana, plans for them from women and children. , A miniature replica of the which are now under way. Although the part of the origi The State Washington Monument in the na Mrs. Hagood Bostick, chair nal Mills design calling for a tional capital is planned with th? man of this project, is pres circular colonnaded building at Feb. 22,1963 names of the project©s Founders the base of the obelisk was omit (those who Kive Jl.OO or more; ently engaged In accumulat ted from the construction, the inscribed thereon. ing much of the material on monument, as it stands today, is All contributions are being re- Present Gifts for Mills Libr ry Mills and his writings in or recognized as a masterpiece, and ceived at the Historic Columbia der to cstblish a cross-file of its greatness is due to the vision Foundation headquarters, 1527 Donors of gifts for the Robert Mills the gifts. In the back row are William of Robert Mills. Senate Street. Columbia. Room in the restored Ainsley Hall Man Weston III, Julian Hennig Sr., Julian his known works which are The other two monuments de sion are shown at Tuesday©s fall meet Hennig Jr., and Hagood Bostick. The in libraries throughout the signed by Mills to honor George ing of Historic Columbia Foundation at bust Oi Robert Mills shown at center is country. Washington are in Baltimore and Wade Hampton Hotel. From left to y ihe noted sculptor, A Wolfe David- At Tueiday©a meeting of the Richmond. right, (front) Mrs. James T. Gittman, .>... dean of art at Breaneau College, The monument in Baltimore a David Kohn of Washington, D.C., and ainesvilie, Ga. (Staff photo by Richard Historic Foundation, David white marble column of massive Mrs. Hagood Bostick, chairman of the Taylor) Kohn of Washington, D. C., proportions, rising 160 feet from Mills Library committee, which received author and student of Mills, the ground, topped by a standing Julian Hcnnig and Julian figure of Washington, and enterpd at each of four sides by a flight of white marble steps was the Workman to Address Historic Foundation Hennig Jr. of Columbia, will first monument in this country present the Foundation©* bust to be erected "to perpetuate our of Robert Mills in memory of country©s gratitude to the father the late Helen Kohn Hennig. of her liberties." This work was executed by- Mills was only 29 years old A. Wolfe Davidson of Georgia1 Robert Mills Is Speech Subject and will bf placed m the when he was assigned the Balti more project, the cornerstone of reference room. which was laid July 4, 1815 and THE STATE AND THE COLUMBIA RECOR D Columbia, S. C., Sunday, Oct. 24, 1965 k^ be the subject of an address "At the session of the Presbytery of Harmony at Beaver Creek on the 5th of Deceirfoer, 1828, Dr. Thomas S. Milla, an elder of the church of Beech Island, appeared before that body, presenting a re quest from the church to be taken under its care * The prayer of the petition was granted, and Dr. Mills took his seat as a member of Preebyteiy." Howe, History of the Preabyterian Church in 5. C., Vol. 2. p. 339.

From DSC Alumni Records s Thoaaa Sumter MLlla; a. John Mills and Mary Gill; ROBERT G. MILTS b, at Cheateri entered from Edge fie Id Diet.; Clar. Robert G. Kills, of Chester, South Carolina, was associated Soc.j A.B., 1808) Phyaician on Beech Island; mem with the work of internal improvement in South Carolina through ber State legislature} nu Mary Ann Benderj d. on out the period of greatest acfciv©ty, serving as commissioner on Beech Island Oct. 1, 1832* the Board of Public Works. He was a member of tue State Senate and House at different periods. In 1337 he became a director of the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad Company.

Source! Internal Improvement in South Carolina, I8l7-l328, David Kohn, Editor; From The Reports of the Superintendent of Public Worka and from Contemporary Pamphleta, Newspaper Clippings, Letters, Petitions, and Maps; Washington, D. C., 1938; p. 600.