Milton L. Grigg

Milton Grigg (1905–1982) was a Virginia architect best known for his restoration work at Colonial Williamsburg and Monticello. In his career as an independent architect in Charlottesville, Virginia, he worked as a modernist within the Jeffersonian tradition. K. Edward Lay, author of the Architecture of Jefferson County, called Grigg “one of the premier architectural restoration/preservationists of his time – always with an inquisitive mind on the forefront of architectural inquiry.” [1]

Biography

Milton LaTour Grigg was born in Alexandria, Virginia. He studied architecture at the University of Virginia in the late-1920s. Between 1929 and 1933 he worked on restorations at Colonial Williamsburg. In 1933, Grigg established his office in Charlottesville. Floyd Johnson was added as a partner in 1936. That partnership lasted until 1940, when Grigg associated with William Newton Hale, Jr. By 1977, the firm was known as Grigg, Wood, and Browne.[2]

Notable works
  • Beverley Hills Community United Methodist Church (Alexandria, Virginia)
  • Emmanuel Church (Greenwood, Virginia), Greenwood, Virginia
  • Ramsay (Greenwood, Virginia), Greenwood, Virginia
  • Braddock Street United Methodist Church (Winchester, Virginia)
  • Marquis Memorial United Methodist Church (Staunton, Virginia)
  • Hollymead, renovation, 1937, (Charlottesville, Virginia)
  • Edgemont (Covesville, Virginia), renovation, 1948
  • Moorefield Presbyterian Church, renovation, 1964, (Moorefield, West Virginia)
  • Delta Tau Delta Founders House, renovation, 1970s, (Bethany, West Virginia)
  • The Valley Road Cottage, 1937, (Charlottesville, VA)

References
  1. http://higbiemaxon.com/2016/03/22/historical-architecture-of-grosse-pointe-thomas-jefferson-comes-to-grosse-pointe-320-provencal/
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form" (PDF). Ramsay. Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. 2010-11-27.

Further reading
  • Lasala, Joseph Michael. (2009). The curriculum vitae of a classicist. Magazine of Albemarle County History, 67, 14–51. (Overview of Grigg's life and career.)


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