The Miles B. Carpenter House, a two-story frame dwelling built in 1890, is located at the intersection of Hunter Street and

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in Waverly,

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. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1989. In 1912 the home was purchased by Miles B. Carpenter, owner of a local sawmill,

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, and ice delivery business, who became a noted American

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. A photo of the house can be viewed at this referenced website.Virginia Department of Historic Resources: ''Miles B. Carpenter House, ussexCounty'', http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Sussex/CarpenterMiles_photo.htm, accessed 1 Oct 2009. Since Carpenter's death in 1985, his house has been preserved as the Miles B. Carpenter Folk Art Museum in which are displayed his tools and carvings and as a gallery to encourage and exhibit the work of young artists in the region.

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Miles B. Carpenter Folk Art Museum
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