Lewis Miller Cottage
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Description
The Lewis Miller Cottage stands in the village of Chautauqua, at the northwest corner of Vincent and Whitfield Avenues. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a broad gabled roof showing Stick style woodwork and large supporting brackets. It has a symmetrical front facade, with sash windows flanking the center entrance on the ground floor, and paired sash windows on the second floor, flanking a center doorway that provides access to the second-story balcony. The first-floor porch and second-floor balcony both have gingerbread balustrades.[1]
History
The Lewis Miller Cottage is considered one of the earliest prefabricated structures in the United States.[3] Miller brought the cottage from Akron, Ohio, and erected it at Chautauqua in 1875, where he entertained US President Ulysses S. Grant that summer.[1][3]
Mina Miller Edison, Miller's daughter, spent summers at the cottage with her husband, inventor Thomas Alva Edison.[3] She renovated the cottage in 1922.[4] Among the changes, several of the first floor's rooms were made into one large room.[1] Landscape architect Ellen Biddle Shipman developed extensive gardens around the cottage.[3]
In 2016 the Chautauqua Foundation acquired the cottage from Miller descendants Ted Arnn and Nancy Kim Arnn.[3]
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in New York
- National Register of Historic Places in Chautauqua County, New York
References
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- Houses in Chautauqua County, New York
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- National Register of Historic Places in Chautauqua County, New York
- Chautauqua Institution
- New York State Register of Historic Places in Chautauqua County