Miller, Martin & Lewis Architects

Miller, Martin & Lewis Architects was a partnership of architects John Miller and Hugh Martin along with engineer James A. Lewis. Miller and Martin had met in New York City and traveled together to open the firm of Miller and Martin in the booming city of Birmingham around 1900. Lewis joined the firm in 1914.

In 1904 the company's offices were located in the Hood Building on the corner of 3rd Avenue North and 20th Street.

Miller, Martin & Lewis was responsible for numerous important buildings in Birmingham as well as dozens of buildings on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. In Birmingham one of their important patrons was the Robert Munger family, who commissioned several commercial buildings at Five Points South and made large donations to Birmingham-Southern College which resulted in additional work for the firm.

Miller retired in 1930, but Martin and Lewis kept his name on the firm, saying that, "the real foundations of the firm's practice were his responsibility, and should be his credit." Edwin McCowan joined the firm in 1940. Martin retired in 1952, and Lewis died in 1958, ending the firm's long reign. McCowan subsequently partnered with William Knight and continued to practice as McCowan & Knight into the 1970s.

Notable projects

Lakeview Clubhouse, 1908

Farley building, 1909

Bromberg's building, 1946

• Goodall-Brown building, 1905
• Lakeview Clubhouse, 1908
• Farley Building, 1909
• Fairfield house prototypes, 1910
• 1916 Louis Saks building, 1916, remodeled for Newberry's in 1961
• William Given residence, 1919
• Avondale School, 1922
• Birmingham Trust building, 1922
• Gregg Building, 1924
• Munger Bowl stadium at Birmingham-Southern College, 1925
• President's House at Birmingham-Southern College, 1925
• Spanish Stores, 1926
• Birmingham Public Library, 1927
• East Lake Library, 1928
• Fred Jones Building, Five Points South, 1928
• Munger Hall at Birmingham-Southern College, 1928
• Andrews Hall at Birmingham-Southern College
• Munger Building at Five Points South, 1928
• Temple of Sibyl at the Vestavia estate, 1929
• Ware Building, Five Points South, 1930
• Amelia Gorgas Library, University of Alabama
• University of Alabama Administration Buildings
• Farrah Hall, University of Alabama
• Nott Hall, University of Alabama
• Engineering Buildings 1 & 2, University of Alabama
• Denny Chimes, University of Alabama
• Doster Hall, University of Alabama
• Colonial Dormitory, University of Alabama
• East & West Annex Dormitories, University of Alabama
• Julia Tutwiler Dining Halls, University of Alabama
• Stockham Woman's Building at Birmingham-Southern College, 1931
• Student Activity Building at BIrmingham-Southern College
• M. Paul Phillips Library at Birmingham-Southern College, 1932
• Avondale United Methodist Church, 1931
• Loveman's building, 1935
• redevelopment of Roden Block, 1937
• Five Points Bowling Center, 1939
• Foster Auditorium, University of Alabama, 1939
• 12 more dormitories at the University of Alabama, 1939–1951
• Central City Housing Project, 1940
• Bromberg's building, 1946
• Additions to Bryant-Denny Stadium, 1950
• Memorial Coliseum, University of Alabama, 1968