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Dissolved
  
1937

Founded
  
1923

Location
  
San Francisco

Key architects
  
James Rupert Miller Timothy L. Pflueger

Artwork
  
Perspective Sketch for a Skyscraper

Buildings
  
140 New Montgomery, 450 Sutter Street

Founders
  
Timothy L. Pflueger, James Rupert Miller

Miller and Pflueger was an architectural firm that formed when James Rupert Miller 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, bas-relief, sculpture) by challenging, new artists and craftsmen such as Ralph Stackpole, Robert Boardman Howard, Charles Stafford Duncan, Dorothy Wright Liebes, Diego Rivera. 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)
  • 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, (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

    Miller and Pflueger Wikipedia