Paramount Theatre Castro Theater Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company Building James Rupert Miller (June 27, 1869 – August 23, 1946)[1] was an architect active in San Francisco, California in the first half of the 20th century.
Miller gained prominence after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake when his firm was one among many called upon to rebuild the stricken city.
[2] After serving apprentice and draftsman to several prominent San Francisco architects in the late 19th century, Miller formed his own firm in 1902.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company became an important client, with near-continuous expansion of their Neoclassic 600 Stockton Street location in San Francisco from 1914 through 1919 (the building now houses a Ritz-Carlton hotel.
)[2] In 1923, after working full-time on the Castro Theatre project, Pflueger was given full partnership with Miller.