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

Early life and education

He was the son of Samuel Mills Bevin and Julia Huntington Williams Bevin.[1]

Bevin prepared at Poly Prep in Brooklyn, and graduated from Princeton University in 1917, and served in World War I.[2] He received his architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1922.[3]

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.[3]

The Milliken-Bevin Trellis (1931) is included in a National Register listing for Roslyn Harbor, NY.[4]

With his wife, Elizabeth Hopkins Bevin, he designed and supervised construction of the Wallace E. Pratt House in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas.[5]

He was involved in the restoration of Washington Depot part of Washington, Connecticut after 1955 Connecticut Floods.

He was awarded the Ward Melville Certificate for Community Improvement in 1960.

In 1961, Bevin was the architect for the new Our Lady of Fatima Church in Bridgeport, Connecticut.[6]

Personal life

Bevin retired and lived with his wife Elizabeth Hopkins Bevin at their house on Judd Road in Southbury, Connecticut.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Newton P Bevin (1895-1976)". Find A Grave Memorial.
  2. ↑ "Newton Philo Bevin II". The Men of the Second Oxford Detachment.
  3. 1 2 "NEWTON P. BEVIN". The New York Times. October 11, 1976.
  4. ↑ "Milliken-Bevin Trellis 1 Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor". Roslyn Landmark Society.
  5. ↑ "Published Report - (Code: 2187325)". NPS DataStore.
  6. ↑ "E and F Chosen to Build Church". The Bridgeport Post. September 26, 1961. p. 5.
  7. ↑ "Newton Bevin, Architect, Dies; Headed Firm". Southbury: Hartford Courant. October 13, 1976. p. 4.


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