William Henry Miller (architect)

[
Prudence Risley Hall at Cornell University] William Henry Miller was an American architect and the first graduate of the architecture school at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York [ [http://www.millerinn.com/inn.htm William Henry Miller Inn: About] , Ithaca, NY. Accessed 2008-10-09] .

Born in 1848 in Trenton, New York, Miller graduated from Cornell in 1872. Four years later, he married Emma Halsey of Ithaca.

He was the foremost architect in Ithaca and for Cornell for many years. Among the buildings he designed for Cornell were the President's House, Barnes Hall, University Library, Boardman Hall, infirmaries, Prudence Risley Hall, Deke House, and Chi Phi Lodge. In Ithaca, he designed the Willard Fiske [Engeln, Oscar Diedrich (1909) [http://books.google.com/books?id=Gl0PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&dq=william+miller+architect+cornell&source=web&ots=cxvLJ37vel&sig=x-mjLHILfnFrkYZQ0XprQTAC_no&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=25&ct=result At Cornell] Published by Artil Co., Syracuse, NY] , Mrs. McGraw and Henry W. Sage mansions; the Elizabeth Van Cleef and Robert Treman estates;cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = City of Ithaca: University Hill Historic District| work = | publisher = | date = | url =http://www.ci.ithaca.ny.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={0374E3DD-2B1E-49D3-AA16-ECA42FEF728F}&DE={79EA3FC2-843D-45F5-A9B2-F28DA638DF42} | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2008-10-09 ] Ithaca High School, Savings Bank; Congregational, Baptist and Unitarian Churches; the main building at Wells College, and many other public and private buildings. cite book | last = Poole| first = Murray Edward | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = A Story Historical of Cornell University| publisher = Cayuga Press| date = 1916| location = Ithaca, New York| pages = 150| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=RwpDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR110&dq=Cornell+University%27s+first+student+of+architecture,+William+Henry+Miller&ei=KhvuSMPXG4yuyAS6qLzyBg&client=firefox-a| doi = | id = | isbn = ]

Among his non-Ithaca buildings were the Toutorsky Mansion in Washington, D.C.

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