{"nrhp_refnum":"10000836","name":"Miller, Henry W., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"11672 W Norris Ln","address_restricted":false,"city":"Galena","county":"Jo Daviess County","state":"IL","lat":42.44881958500008,"lon":-90.46023904699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-10-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, side-gable red Galena brick I-house with Greek Revival detailing at 11672 West Norris Lane, Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Henry W. Miller built it between 1847 and 1850, and it was later moved to a one-acre portion of its original eighty-acre site.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant under architecture as a well-preserved example of a vernacular Greek Revival I-house with later Italianate additions. It also illustrates the link between Galena's commercial center and the surrounding country estates as the local economy shifted from mining to agriculture. Original interior woodwork, plaster ceiling medallions and documentation of its early owners support this significance.","narrative":"Built between 1847 and 1850 for Galena flour merchant Henry W. Miller, this red Galena brick I-house served as a country estate west of the city. It is two stories with a side-gable roof, a rear wing, limestone lintels and sills, and a Greek Revival entrance with sidelights, transom, pilasters and dentils. A later owner, Richard Barrett, added an Italianate bay window around 1873. To make way for a new hospital, the barns were demolished and the house was moved to a one-acre corner of its original eighty-acre property, where it now faces West Norris Lane over a rural landscape. Inside, the original woodwork, stairway with walnut balusters, mantels and two ornamental plaster ceiling medallions survive, and restoration has focused on the years 1847 to 1873. The house is valued for its architecture and for showing how Galena's merchants used country properties as the economy moved from mining toward agriculture.","period_of_significance":"1847 (construction date); c.1873 (Italianate detailing/alterations)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival; Other: I-house","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Moved to a new foundation on a one-acre parcel and restored; current function is listed as commerce/trade/business, with the house now having a usable basement.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.706897-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/8930/28893070/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/10000836.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000836/9030b9ce67-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000836/9030b9ce67-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Boscophotos","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Image_Miller_House.jpeg\" rel=\"noopener\">Boscophotos</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Image_Miller_House.jpeg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893070","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_W._Miller_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24435820"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/jo-daviess-county/miller-henry-w-house-10000836/"}