Alexander McVeigh Miller House
Appearance
Alexander McVeight Miller House | |
Location | Hemlock Ave., Alderson, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°43′53″N 80°38′5″W / 37.73139°N 80.63472°W |
Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
Built | 1881 |
NRHP reference No. | 78002794[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 15, 1978 |
Alexander McVeigh Miller House, also known as the Mittie Clark Miller House and "The Cedars", is a historic home located at Alderson, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was built starting in 1881, and is a large, T-shaped frame dwelling. It features three-bay verandas and a full height, pedimented, two-columned portico. It was the home of novelist Mittie Frances Clarke Point and her husband Alexander McVeigh Miller. In 1939, Ruth Bryan Owen (1885–1954) and her husband purchased "The Cedars" and began making repairs. They sold the property in 1945.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ C.E. Turley (July 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Alexander McVeigh Miller House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Houses in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1881
- National Register of Historic Places in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- Family of William Jennings Bryan
- 1881 establishments in West Virginia
- Alderson, West Virginia
- New River Greenbrier Registered Historic Place stubs