Miller-Walker House

This modest residence is a nicely preserved example of Eastern Stick Style design in near original exterior condition with a well-articulated Eastlake porch. The lack of tax records and abstract make it impossible to date this building exactly or to determine its original owner. The building appears on the 1888 Sanborn map but not on the 1872 Bird's Eye View. Charles Miller and his wife, Anna, occupied the house c. 1889 after their marriage. Miller, son of Alfred Miller and grandson of pioneer Leonard Miller, operated a livery business with his father behind the Exchange Hotel, then located on Chicago Street on an adjoining lot. A subsequent owner was Fred Walker, who moved into town in the early 1900s after retiring from farming.

A two-story frame Eastern Stick Style residence, this structure boasts a rectangular plan, combination hipped and gabled roof, and a nicely detailed Stick Style one-story front porch with decorative stick work in the railing and spindles along the frieze. Unfortunately, the present monochrome paint job does not highlight the decorative woodwork to its best advantage. The interior has been remodeled into apartments.