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Miller House (Cooksville, Wisconsin)

Coordinates: 42°49′40″N 89°14′25″W / 42.82778°N 89.24028°W / 42.82778; -89.24028 (Miller House)
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Miller House
Miller House
LocationCooksville, Wisconsin
Coordinates42°49′40″N 89°14′25″W / 42.82778°N 89.24028°W / 42.82778; -89.24028 (Miller House)
Arealess than one acre
Built1845 (1845)
ArchitectChambers & Lovejoy
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSCooksville MRA
NRHP reference No.80000399[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 1980

The Miller House is a brick house built in Greek Revival style about 1845 in Cooksville, Wisconsin. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989.[2]

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 cornice is wood. Greek Revival elements include the relatively low-pitched roof, cornice returns, the simple straight lintels above the windows, and the sidelights flanking the door. An elliptical fanlight lights the attic.[3]

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.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "STATE HIGHWAY 138, JUST SOUTH OF COOKSVILLE". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Nancy Belle Douglas (September 4, 1979). Intensive Survey Form: Cooksville Multiple Resource Area. State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Retrieved April 5, 2021. With one photo.