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Miller House (Lafayette, Colorado)

1880s establishments in the United StatesLafayette, ColoradoNational Register of Historic Places in Boulder County, Colorado
Miller House (Lafayette, Colorado)
Miller House (Lafayette, Colorado)

The Miller House was built by Lafayette, Colorado's town founder Mary Miller. Miller arrived in Colorado in 1863 and after discovering coal on her land, she opened a mine and in 1888 established the coal town of Lafayette. She made charitable donations to coal mining families and the town. The Miller House was built in the late 1880s in the center of the original 150-acre townsite. She operated a school in her house on East Cleveland Street until she established the town's first school.The house maintains its original appears, aside from the application of siding. The house is historically significant to the town for Miller's role as "the founder of the community, who was also responsible as well for the development of the coal industry in Lafayette." The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 20, 1983.

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Miller House (Lafayette, Colorado)
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East Cleveland Street 409
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