University of Washington Miller Hall Façade Sculptures Photograph Collection, approximately 1952

The University of Washington's Miller Hall, named for University regent, Winlock William Miller, is one of seven neo-Gothic buildings on campus with gargoyles and façade sculptures in niches near the top stories. Built in 1922, and originally known as Education Hall, the structure housed the University president and administrative offices, and the education and engineering colleges.

Alonzo Victor Lewis (1886-1946) created the 44 sculptures on Miller Hall's third story. Lewis was born in Utah, received art training at the Art Institute of Chicago, and established a studio in Seattle in 1920, where he specialized in sculpture and oil painting. Lewis also taught sculpture at the University of Washington, and was named Washington Sculptor Laureate by the State Legislature. Among his best-known works are The Doughboy at the Seattle Center, Victory Memorial on the state capital grounds at Olympia, and the Abraham Lincoln memorial sculpture in Spokane.