Allan Miller House
- Architect
- John S Van Bergan
- Year
- 1915
- Style
- Prairie School
- City
- Chicago, IL
The Allan Miller House at 7121 South Paxton Avenue was designed in 1913 by John S. Van Bergen for advertising executive Allan Miller. It is the only surviving Chicago building by Van Bergen, a colleague of Frank Lloyd Wright, and it remains a well-regarded example of the horizontal, prairie-evoking massing that defines the Prairie style.
the style
Like all Prairie style houses, the Miller House is built low and horizontal to evoke the flat Midwestern prairie and to integrate with its surrounding landscape.
More on Prairie Schoolthe architect
John S. Van Bergen worked alongside Frank Lloyd Wright before designing the Miller House; it is the only building by him that survives in Chicago.
significance
The Allan Miller House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 23, 1991, and designated a Chicago Landmark on December 1, 1993.
nearby
- Kenna Apartments
- South Shore Cultural Center
- Shoreline Apartments
- Stony Island Trust and Savings Bank Building
- 63rd Street Bathing Pavilion
- New Regal Theater