Milton L. Grigg Explained

Milton Grigg (1905–1982) was a Virginia, USA, architect best known for his restoration work at Colonial Williamsburg and Monticello. In his career as an independent architect in Charlottesville, 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

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, he 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, restoration, 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)
• Heritage Baptist Church, 1970, (Annapolis, Maryland)

External links

• Grigg at Monticello
• Book: The Architecture of Diplomacy: Building America's Embassies. Jane C. Loeffler. 56. Princeton Architectural Press. 1998. 1568981384. Google Books.

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.)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historical Architecture Of Grosse Pointe . Higbie Maxon Agney Realtors. 22 March 2016. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160323014618/http://higbiemaxon.com/2016/03/22/historical-architecture-of-grosse-pointe-thomas-jefferson-comes-to-grosse-pointe-320-provencal/ . 23 March 2016.
2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form. 27 November 2010. Ramsay. Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. 27 November 2010. 27 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161227080342/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Albemarle/002-0844_Ramsay_2005_Final_Nomination.pdf. dead.