The Miller House is a brick house built in

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

style about 1845 in

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. It was listed on the

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in 1980 and on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989. The Miller house was probably built by Chambers and Lovejoy, since the floor plan matches that of the Lovejoy-Duncan, Collins and Dow houses. Its walls are of vermilion brick. The

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is wood. Greek Revival elements include the relatively low-pitched roof, cornice returns, the simple straight

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above the windows, and the

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s flanking the door. An elliptical

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lights the attic. With . James Pratt Miller bought the house from Lovejoy in 1865. Unrelated Charles Miller, a farmer from Pennsylvania, bought the house in 1867 and his family lived there until 1947.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Rock County, Wisconsin Houses in Rock County, Wisconsin Greek Revival architecture in Wisconsin Brick buildings and structures in Wisconsin Houses completed in 1845 {{Wisconsin-NRHP-stub