Lewis Miller Cottage

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Lewis Miller Cottage, Chautauqua Institution
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Lewis Miller Cottage, 1967
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LocationVincent and Whitfield Aves., Chautauqua, New York
Coordinates 42°12′37″N79°27′53″W / 42.21028°N 79.46472°W / 42.21028; -79.46472
Built1874 (1874)
Part of Chautauqua Institution Historic District (ID73001168)
NRHP reference No. 66000506
NYSRHP No.01305.000025
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966 [1]
Designated NHLDecember 21, 1965 [2]
Designated NHLDCPJune 29, 1989 [3]
Designated NYSRHPJune 23, 1980

The Lewis Miller Cottage is a historic house at Whitfield and Vincent Avenues, on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institute in Chautauqua, New York. Built in 1875, it was the residence of Lewis Miller, co-founder of the Chautauqua movement. [4] It was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 21, 1965. [2]

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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. [4]

History

The Lewis Miller Cottage is considered one of the earliest prefabricated structures in the United States. [5] Miller brought the cottage from Akron, Ohio, and erected it at Chautauqua in 1875, where he entertained US President Ulysses S. Grant that summer. [4] [5]

Mina Miller Edison, Miller's daughter, spent summers at the cottage with her husband, inventor Thomas Alva Edison. [5] She renovated the cottage in 1922. [6] Among the changes, several of the first floor's rooms were made into one large room. [4] Landscape architect Ellen Biddle Shipman developed extensive gardens around the cottage. [5]

In 2016 the Chautauqua Foundation acquired the cottage from Miller descendants Ted Arnn and Nancy Kim Arnn. [5]

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