Miles Brittelle

Miles Brittelle (April 13, 1894 – 1970), whose full name is William Miles Brittelle, Sr., was an American architect who practiced in New Mexico, including with John J. Ginner as part of Brittelle & Ginner.

At least three of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

He was born in Imperial, Nebraska on April 13, 1894.  He died in 1970 and was buried in Sunset Memorial Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

He was a veteran of World War I.  He was chairman of the first Board of Architectural Examiners in New Mexico, and served as president of the New Mexico chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

He worked for time under architects Trost and Trost.

"W. Miles Brittelle, Sr. and John J. Ginner were among the earliest architects working in the Modernist movement. Brittelle, Sr. formed the firm of Brittelle and Ginner in 1931 after a short partnership in Trost & Trost & Brittelle in El Paso. W. Miles Brittelle, Jr. joined the firm after architecture school."

Arthur Dekker, a University of Kansas graduate in architectural engineering, became a partner at Brittelle & Ginner in 1954.

Gordon Ferguson worked at Brittelle and Ginner and later opened his own office in 1942.

Works include (with shared attribution indicated):
Sunset Mausoleum (1961), 924 Menaul NE, Albuquerque (Brittelle and Ginner)
Hotel El Fidel (as employee of Trost & Trost)
Fitch Hall, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM (Brittelle & Ginner), NRHP-listed 
President's House, NE corner of Roma Ave. and Yale Blvd., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Brittelle,Miles), NRHP-listed 
Springer Building, 121 Tijeras Ave., NE, Albuquerque, NM (Brittelle,Miles,Sr.), NRHP-listed

NRHP-listed in Bernalillo County

His son, William Miles Brittelle, Jr., was also an architect.

The papers of the firm are archived with the Center for Southwest Research, at University of New Mexico, as "Brittelle, Ginner and Associates Architectural Drawings and Plans".

References

Category:American architects
Category:Architects from New Mexico