John Smith Miller House

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John Smith Miller House
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Location561 Chestnut Grove Rd., near Boone, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°16′06″N81°39′27″W / 36.26833°N 81.65750°W / 36.26833; -81.65750 Coordinates: 36°16′06″N81°39′27″W / 36.26833°N 81.65750°W / 36.26833; -81.65750
Area6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
Built1906 (1906)
ArchitectMiller, John Smith
Architectural styleI-house
NRHP reference # 08001389 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 29, 2009

John Smith Miller House is a historic home located near Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was built in 1906, and is a two-story, side gable, "L"-plan, chestnut frame I-house. It has a one-story rear ell with side porch. The front facade features a central gabled two-tier porch. [2]

Boone, North Carolina Town in North Carolina, United States

Boone is a town in and the county seat of Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, Boone is the home of Appalachian State University. The population was 17,122 at the 2010 census.

Watauga County, North Carolina U.S. county in North Carolina, United States

Watauga County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 51,079. Its county seat and largest town is Boone.

I-house

The I-house is a vernacular house type, popular in the United States from the colonial period onward. The I-house was so named in the 1930s by Fred Kniffen, a cultural geographer at Louisiana State University who was a specialist in folk architecture. He identified and analyzed the type in his 1936 study of Louisiana house types. He chose the name "I-house" because of its common occurrence in the rural farm areas of Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, all states beginning with the letter "I". He did not use the term to imply that this house type originated in, or was restricted to, those three states. It is also referred to as Plantation Plain style.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. [1]

National Register of Historic Places Federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Becca Johnson (September 2008). "John Smith Miller House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.