{"nrhp_refnum":"08001389","name":"Miller, John Smith, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"561 Chestnut Grove Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boone","county":"Watauga County","state":"NC","lat":36.265985767000075,"lon":-81.66399638699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-01-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, side-gable chestnut-frame I-house on the south side of Chestnut Grove Road in Meat Camp Township, about five miles north of Boone in Watauga County, North Carolina. It was built in 1906 by John Smith Miller.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a well-preserved, locally popular example of the center-hall I-house with a two-tier entry porch and Queen Anne-inspired gable ornamentation. The nomination states that such twentieth-century examples are rare in the county and that this house is the most intact of them. It is argued to be significant at the local level under Criterion C for architecture.","narrative":"Built in 1906 on a rural parcel in Meat Camp Township north of Boone, the John Smith Miller House is a two-story, center-hall I-house sheathed in poplar weatherboard, with a rear one-story ell and a two-tier entry porch. Miller began planning the house in 1901 after the death of his wife in 1902 delayed construction; his brothers helped finish it, and the trees were milled locally. Its center-hall plan, original two-over-two windows, chestnut doors, and interior stone chimney survive largely intact. The house is regarded as a representative example of the two-tier porch I-house, a form that was common in Watauga County in the late nineteenth century but had become uncommon by the time this house was completed. Its sunburst bracing and diagonal gable siding reflect the Queen Anne influence of the period. Listing rests on its architectural value at the local level.","period_of_significance":"1906","architect_builder":"Miller, John Smith","architectural_style":"I-house with Queen Anne-inspired ornamentation","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Standing house with original floor plan and much original material, including a 1996 standing seam metal roof and a concrete block foundation replacing stone piers in 1983; occupied by a family member of the original owner's line.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.570002-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/68/7227/47722768/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/08001389.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001389/003638b30f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001389/003638b30f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Smith_Miller_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Smith_Miller_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722768","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_Miller_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20745476"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/watauga-county/miller-john-smith-house-08001389/"}