{"nrhp_refnum":"78002405","name":"Miller Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"51 W. College St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waynesburg","county":"Greene County","state":"PA","lat":39.89940900600004,"lon":-80.18785577899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-04-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Miller Hall is a 3½-story Second Empire style academic building on the campus of Waynesburg College in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania. It was constructed in stages beginning in the 1870s and dedicated in 1899.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building was essential to the permanence of Waynesburg College, which needed a larger building after enrollment grew following the Civil War and faced competition from nearby institutions. It also presents the building as a major example of the Second Empire style in the region and records the college's notable alumni and its founding history.","narrative":"Miller Hall is a 3½-story brick building with sandstone trim on the campus of Waynesburg College in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Its design follows the Second Empire style, with a high mansard roof, elaborate dormers, a central tower over the main entrance, and arched windows. Plans were approved by the trustees in 1874 under architect J. W. Drumm of Pittsburgh, and the cornerstone was laid on September 10, 1879. Funds accumulated slowly, so the building took about 25 years to complete, and it was formally dedicated on June 28, 1899. The building was named for Alfred Brashear Miller, the college president who promoted its construction. It housed classrooms, a library, a chapel, and the large assembly hall known as Alumni Hall. It was built because the earlier Hanna Hall had become too small after the Civil War, and nearby colleges had recently built larger buildings.","period_of_significance":"1850-1899","architect_builder":"J. W. Drumm (architect; subcontractor)","architectural_style":"Second Empire","criteria":[],"status_note":"Interior alterations were made from 1963 to 1971, and the exterior is described as unchanged.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.112708-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002405.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002405/dbfb1da5cc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002405/dbfb1da5cc-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miller_Hall,_Waynesburg,_front_and_side.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miller_Hall,_Waynesburg,_front_and_side.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84003392","name":"Waynesburg Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/waynesburg-historic-district-84003392/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998602","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_Hall_(Waynesburg_University)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6859145"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/greene-county/miller-hall-78002405/"}