Property Record
1060 E JUNEAU AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | LAURA AND GEORGE PECKHAM MILLER HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 27223 |
| Location (Address): | 1060 E JUNEAU AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1887 |
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| Survey Date: | 2004 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | AUGUST FIEDLER |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | First Ward Triangle Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/19/1987 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | HABS WI-276. "The Miller House is one of Milwaukee's finest Victorian residences. It incorporates Queen Anne and Romanesque motifs in the design. The design of the house is attributed to August Fiedler of Chicago. It is a two and one half story asymetrical block with a steeply pitched slate hip roof. At the southeast corner is a two-story engaged round tower with a bell cast roof covered with slate. The exterior finish is a combination of pink rock-faced Abelman quartzite on the first floor, Milwaukee pressed brick on the second floor and an elaborate cornice of carved stone, tile inserts and stamped copper sheet metal. The structure has numerous fine stained glass windows, abuundant iron and brass grillwork and highly decorated Queen Anne style chimneys. The windows are mostly single-light, double-hung sash with transoms. Of particular note is the Tiffany style glasswork in the interior which includes a magnolia window over the fireplace in the library and floral windows on the stair landings. This glasswork was probably intalled sometime between 1895 and 1900. The house has been little altered. Fire insurance maps indicate that a first floor side porch on the east elevation between the tower and the bay was removed about 1890 although the second floor balcony above it remains today. A comparison of the present structure with an 1891 lithograph revealed no major alterations. A small garage was added to the west elevation in 1964." (A). Individuals associated with this building include George P. and Laura Chapman Miller (1887 to 1960), and Miss Laura Isabelle Miller (1960 to 1982). George P. Miller was a prominent local attorney. Previously surveyed in 1984 with map code 135-32. Map name was LUQS 359. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Tax program. BUILT IN MILWAUKEE, LANDSCAPE RESEARCH, P. 48. MILWAUKEE HISTORIC BUILDINGS TOUR: YANKEE HILL, CITY OF MILWAUKEE DEPARTMENT OF CITY DEVELOPMENT, 1994. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |