Miller House
Why it's listed
Set on a one-acre site near the Bronx River in North White Plains, this farmhouse was built in two stages, the first in 1738 and the second in 1770. It is a six-bay, gable-ended, clapboarded frame house of one and a half stories, with a full-width front porch under the sloping roof and a large root cellar dug into the hillside nearby. The earliest part stands on land the Miller family acquired in the 1680s, and the 1770 addition was made by Elijah Miller. During the Battle of White Plains in October 1776, Ann Miller offered the house to General Washington, and the surrounding hill was the site of the retrenchment he ordered. An unusual surviving feature is the scalloped, unpainted wood-shingled wall of the 1738 section, left intact when the western addition was attached. Westchester County and the Daughters of the American Revolution purchased and restored the house in 1917, and it has been a museum since then. It is one of few eighteenth-century buildings left in lower Westchester.
Significance in brief: It is one of only a few surviving eighteenth-century structures in heavily developed lower Westchester County. It has long been revered as one of George Washington's headquarters during the Battle of White Plains in October 1776. It also typifies the frame, one-and-a-half-story houses once common in the lower Hudson Valley.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 76001292, listed September 29, 1976. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Virginia Rd., North White Plains |
|---|---|
| County | Westchester County |
| Listed | September 29, 1976 |
| Reference number | 76001292 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1700-1799 |
| Architect / builder | Unknown |
| Areas of significance | Politics/Government, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Owned by Westchester County and operated as a historic house museum, open to the public ten months of the year; condition not rated on the form. |
| Acreage | 1 |
| Within district | Bronx River Parkway Reservation |
| Coordinates | 41.05926, -73.77048 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 76001292.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5360958
- This listing as JSON
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