Elizabeth Mills Brown (November 28, 1916 – December 27, 2008) was a prominent

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architectural historian, preservationist, and civic leader who lived in

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and

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. Brown was raised in

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and graduated from the

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in 1934. She then graduated from

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and earned a master's degree from

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. She was the author of ''New Haven: A Guide to Architecture and Urban Design'' (

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, 1976), a meticulosly-researched volume which details over 500 structures in that 400-year-old city. ''New Haven: A Guide'' has been reprinted many times and is widely considered to be the best source of information on New Haven's architectural history and urbanism. The book called the landmark

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building, which was new at the time, a structure of "gigantic scale" that gave spectators an "experience of sheer spatial intoxication."

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