{"nrhp_refnum":"90002010","name":"Miller, John W., House","other_names":["Miller House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of VA 707 and VA 604","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Rappahannock County","state":"VA","lat":38.530626056000045,"lon":-78.16378326369806,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-01-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A private farm dwelling and associated outbuildings and family cemetery on an 18.35-acre parcel near the village of Slate Mills, Boston vicinity, Rappahannock County, Virginia. The I-house was built in 1842-1843 and given Italianate features in 1880-1881.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant as an example of the regional I-house form embellished with unusually elaborate Italianate ornamentation, notably a two-story front porch. It is also tied to local history through its owner John W. Miller's ownership of the nearby Slate Mills, and the extensive archival records for the farm give a picture of rural life in Rappahannock County.","narrative":"Built in 1842-1843 on a hillside east of the Hazel River, this two-story, central-passage I-house in Rappahannock County was originally a modest three-bay dwelling of a type common in the region. In 1880-1881, during ownership by Oscar Decatur Miller, son of original owner John W. Miller, it received Italianate additions, including bracketed eaves, a central gable, and a two-story front porch with sawn balustrades and arched French doors. A bathroom wing added in the early twentieth century made the front elevation asymmetrical. The 18.35-acre property also holds a kitchen/quarter and ice house probably dating to about 1840, a barn of about 1925, and a Miller family cemetery with graves from 1880 onward. Miller owned the Slate Mills across the road from 1844 to 1871. The house was recognized for its architecture, because its Italianate ornament rises well above the plain local building tradition, and because its documented records illustrate rural life in the county.","period_of_significance":"1840-1925","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"I House; Late Victorian: Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a private residence and maintained in excellent condition after a 1986 rehabilitation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.71544-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/27/6828/41682827/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/90002010.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002010/7d2abaf0da-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002010/7d2abaf0da-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"self","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_W._Miller_House,_slightly_closer.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">self</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_W._Miller_House,_slightly_closer.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682827","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Miller_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15229688"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/rappahannock-county/miller-john-w-house-90002010/"}