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The Miller House is a historic house at 1853 South Ringo Street in
Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Arkansas, most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The city's population was 202,591 as of the 2020 census. The six-county Central Arkan ...
. Built in 1906 and twice enlarged by the same owner, the house is a reflection of the effect of
segregation in the United States Facilities and services such as housing, healthcare, education, employment, and transportation have been systematically separated in the United States based on racial categorizations. Notably, racial segregation in the United States The ...
. Now a two-story brick-faced Craftsman-styled structured, it was originally built as a modest single-story cottage typical of the segregated
African-American neighborhood African-American neighborhoods or black neighborhoods are types of ethnic enclaves found in many cities in the United States. Generally, an African American neighborhood is one where the majority of the people who live there are African American ...
in which it was located. It was purchased in 1924 by Arthur T. Miller, who was employed in a comparatively secure position as a railroad mail clerk. Prevented by segregation from moving to more affluent neighborhoods, Miller chose to enlarge the house, and then finish it in brick. The house was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1999.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Little Rock, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Little Rock, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Little Rock, Arkansas ...


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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Houses completed in 1924 Houses in Little Rock, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Little Rock, Arkansas Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Arkansas {{LittleRockAR-NRHP-stub