Germano Milono Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection, which spans the years 1930-1978 (bulk 1954-1968), consists of records, drawings, photographs, and papers relating to the architectural career of Germano Milono. Working mostly in California and Nevada, Germano Milono and Associates took on educational, civic, commercial, medical, religious, planning and single-family residential projects. The firm collaborated with structural engineer, T.Y. Lin and landscape architect, Thomas D. Church.
Major educational projects include renovations to several buildings on the University of California, Berkeley campus, including California Hall, Moses Hall, and Stephens Halls. The collection also includes his work for the new UC Santa Cruz campus Social Sciences Building and Sonoma State College Library. Milono also worked extensively on the Santa Catalina School for Girls in Monterey, California.
Notable religious projects include the Church of the Good Shepherd in Corral de Tierra, California, Holy Name Parish Hall in San Francisco, and St. John the Baptist Church in Napa, California. Milono also participated in several civic projects. Notable residential projects include the Gauer House, Sonoma County, California, the Kelly House, Santa Rosa, California, the Honig House in Inverness, California, and the Foster House in Pebble Beach, California.
Dates
- Creation: 1918 - 1978
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1954 - 1968
Creator
- Milono, Germano, 1913-1978 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the Curator.
Biographical / Historical
Germano Milono (1913-1978) was born in Vestigne, Italy, to Carlo and Delphina Milono, who ran a retail food market. Between 1934-1935, he taught architectural design for the museum extension of the WPA in Pennsylvania, and in 1937 he received his architecture degree from Carnegie Institute of Technology. Milono served in the United States Army 1942-1946 and acquired his California architecture license in 1947. In 1969 he was invested as a Fellow of the AIA. He was appointed membership to the State Board of Architectural Examiners by Governor Edmund Brown from 1964-1969 and he was a member of the Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco during 1966-1969.
Sources:
Germano Milono and Associates Brochure
Extent
35 Linear Feet: (8 boxes, 15 large boxes, 1 flat file drawer, 21 tubes, 1 small box, 6 flat boxes, 2 models)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Boxes 1-31 moved to NRLF, 2022
- Title
- Germano Milono Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Shelly L. Irving
- Date
- 2002
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Collection also contains some materials in Italian
- Sponsor
- Arrangement and description of this collection was funded by a grant from the LEF Foundation
Repository Details
Part of the University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives Repository