Miller and Pflueger was an architectural firm that formed when

James Rupert Miller James Rupert Miller (June 27, 1869 – August 23, 1946) was an architect active in San Francisco, California in the first half of the 20th century. Miller gained prominence after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake when his firm was one among many ...

named Timothy L. Pflueger partner. Pflueger, at the time a rising star of San Francisco's architect community, had begun his architectural career with architecture firm, ''Miller and Colmesnil'' sometime in 1907, under the tutelage of James Rupert Miller. Together, Miller and Pflueger designed a number of significant buildings in San Francisco, including the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company Building which was the city's tallest skyscraper for four decades. Architects that worked with the firm include Theodore C. Bernardi, Milton T. Pflueger and Clarence William Whitehead Mayhew. The architectural works featured artistic highlights (such as murals,

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) by challenging, new artists and craftsmen such as

Ralph Stackpole Ralph Ward Stackpole (May 1, 1885 – December 10, 1973) was an American sculptor, painter, muralist, etcher and art educator, San Francisco's leading artist during the 1920s and 1930s. Stackpole was involved in the art and causes of social realis ...

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, Dorothy Wright Liebes,

Diego Rivera Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the ...

. Rather than breaking new ground with designs, they captured the spirit of the times and refined it, adding a distinct personal flair. Miller retired in 1937; Pflueger reformed the business as ''Timothy L. Pflueger and Associates''.

Projects

*1915 – New Mission Theatre, (San Francisco) * 1923 – Mining Exchange, (San Francisco) * 1925 – American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) Company Office Building at 134-140 New Montgomery Street, (San Francisco) * 1925 – Alhambra Theatre, (San Francisco) * 1926 – Shattuck Square (Berkeley, CA) * 1928 – Tulare Theatre, (Tulare, CA) * 1928 – State Theatre, (Oroville, CA) * 1929 – Medical-Dental Office Building at 450 Sutter Street, (San Francisco) * 1929 – Senator Theatre, (Chico, CA) * 1930 – Pacific Coast Stock Exchange Club, (San Francisco) * 1930 –

Pacific Coast Stock Exchange The Pacific Exchange was a regional stock exchange in California, from 1956 to 2006. Its main exchange floor and building were in San Francisco, California, with a branch building in Los Angeles, California. In 1882, the San Francisco Stock an ...

, (San Francisco) * 1931 – El Rey Theatre, (San Francisco) * 1931 – Paramount Theatre, (Oakland) * 1932 – Alhambra Theatre, (San Francisco) * 1932 – Alameda Theatre, (Alameda, CA) * 1935 – Cirque Room at the Fairmont Hotel, (San Francisco)

References

External links

The Miller and Pflueger collection at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA)
Defunct architecture firms based in California Companies based in San Francisco Architecture in the San Francisco Bay Area {{US-architect-stub