JIM MILAM (1923-1975)

Milam grew up in North Carolina and spent many of his teenage years in Dunn.  After returning from WWII, he finished high school in Durham and promptly entered UNC-Chapel Hill.  After a year, he entered the School of Design at NCSU, finishing in 1953.  Milam worked for PACE in Chicago, Robert Stephens in New Bern, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, and Carter Williams. 

Later at Owen Smith's firm he won several AIA awards for school design. Then he opened up his own office until 1972 when he moved to Greensboro to work for McMinn, Norfleet, and Wicker.

1953 - The John and Carol Kenfield Residence, 2707 Mayview Road, Raleigh.  Sold in 1966 to Hayne and Barbara Palmour.  Milam added a foyer and master bedroom in 1968. In 1993, after Hurricane Fran came through, Rick Leland designed a new porch and deck.  The Palmour's previous home was on Wade Avenue, which became too busy a street for children.  At one time, Wade Avenue was a dead-end road. 

Milam designed only two Modernist houses, according to his wife Mary.
The other belonged to a doctor in Louisburg.