Back in Reading he was a member of the firm of William H. Dechant & Sons, his father's enterprise. World War I, however, intervened, and he served with the army in France. Again returning to Reading, he developed a practice which included design of the Berks County Courthouse (1932) as well as a number of schools and residences. In the 1920s he was involved with the Hampden Heights Development Company, designing development houses for Palm Street in Reading. In 1938 Dechant won first prize in House Beautiful's competition for designs for remodeled houses in the United States.
An accomplished painter and printmaker, Miles B. Dechant exhibited widely in Pennsylvania and Delaware. He was also the winner of the House Beautiful Small House Competition for Remodeled Houses in 1938, a competition for which he had previously received honorable mentions in 1928 and 1930.
[Sandra L. Tatman - Philadelphia Architects and Buildings]
Back in Reading he was a member of the firm of William H. Dechant & Sons, his father's enterprise. World War I, however, intervened, and he served with the army in France. Again returning to Reading, he developed a practice which included design of the Berks County Courthouse (1932) as well as a number of schools and residences. In the 1920s he was involved with the Hampden Heights Development Company, designing development houses for Palm Street in Reading. In 1938 Dechant won first prize in House Beautiful's competition for designs for remodeled houses in the United States.
An accomplished painter and printmaker, Miles B. Dechant exhibited widely in Pennsylvania and Delaware. He was also the winner of the House Beautiful Small House Competition for Remodeled Houses in 1938, a competition for which he had previously received honorable mentions in 1928 and 1930.
[Sandra L. Tatman - Philadelphia Architects and Buildings]
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