Newton Philo Bevin (October 4, 1895 – October 9, 1976), sometimes referred to as Newton Philo Bevin II, was an American architect, specializing in residential design.

Early life and education

Bevin was the son of Samuel Mills Bevin and Julia Huntington Williams Bevin. He prepared at

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in Brooklyn, and graduated from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

in 1917, and served in

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. He received his architecture degree from the

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in 1922.

Career

From 1927 to 1944, with Henry O. Milliken, he formed the firm Milliken & Bevin, and from 1944 to his death, he practiced as his own firm. The Milliken-Bevin Trellis (1931) is included in a National Register listing for Roslyn Harbor, New York. With his wife, Elizabeth Hopkins Bevin, he designed and supervised construction of the

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in the

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in Texas. Bevin designed alterations for housekeeping apartments at 9 E. 68th Street for Susan Dwight Bliss in 1944-46. He was involved in the restoration of Washington Depot part of Washington, Connecticut after 1955 Connecticut Floods. He was awarded the

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Certificate for Community Improvement in 1960. In 1961, Bevin was the architect for the new Our Lady of Fatima Church in

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. In 1964, Bevin wrote prepared the Historic Structures Report Part II for

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. In 1965, Bevin conducted a study of

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for the

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and his recommendations for alterations were included in later reports.

Personal life

Bevin retired and lived with his wife Elizabeth Hopkins Bevin at their house on Judd Road in Southbury, Connecticut. He died in 1976, aged 81.

References

1895 births 1976 deaths American architects Princeton University alumni University of Pennsylvania School of Design alumni {{US-architect-stub