Obituary for William Henry Miller The Ithaca Journal, Jan 10 1922, P. 5, Cols. 1-2, with photo "
DEATH CLAIMS W. H. MILLER, NOTED ARCHITECT
Man Who Designed Many University and City Buildings Passes Away at Miami, Fla.— First Student in Cornell College of Architecture. ----
William Henry Miller, well known architect, and the first student to enter the College of Architecture at Cornell University when it opened in 1868, died this morning at Miami, Fla., where he was spending the winter. He was about 70 years of age. Mr. Miller is survived by his widow, who is now ill at Miami; by a son, Henry Halsey Miller of Buffalo, and two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Miller Bayne of this city, who accompanied her parents to Miami last fall, and Mrs. Robert North of Buffalo, who is spending the winter in the Miller residence at 122 Eddy street.
Mr. Miller was born at Barneveldt, N. Y., and came to Ithaca when the university opened in 1868. He studied in the College of Architecture until 1870, when he left to open an architect's office in this city, where he continued to practice his profession for nearly half a century. He will always be remembered as the architect of many of the university buildings, of several local churches, and many private residences in this and other cities, and also of the buildings at Wells College, Aurora. Although he was for years the most prominent local architect, he designed many more buildings and residences outside of Ithaca. Examples of his work are found in Chicago, New York, Boston, Washington, Albany, Rochester and many other cities throughout the country.
-- Close Friend of Dr. White. --
Mr. Miller was an intimate friend of the late Andrew D. White and closely associated in the growth and development of the university. Among the buildings which he designed at Cornell are the University Library, the Cornell Law School, the Medical College, Barnes Hall, and more recently
Prudence Risley Hall. He was also the architect of many of the fraternity houses, of the once famous Fiske-McGraw mansion and the president's house on East avenue.
-- High School His Work. --
In the city Mr. Miller built the Unitarian, Congregational and First Baptist churches, the Savings Bank Building, the Ithaca High School and the Children's Home, as well as a number of residences. He was also the architect of the Cascadilla School buildings.
Mr. Miller continued to be unusually active in his profession until about five years ago, when on account of poor health he began gradually to retire. He has been in the habit of spending his winters in Florida for the past six years.
Next to his profession Mr. Miller's great interest was ih music, and notably in the organ, which he himself played. He was a remarkably good judge of instruments and many times helped to select organs for individuals or institutions, including the organ now in Bailey Hall.
Mr. Miller was a member of St. Augustine Commandery, Knights Templar; of the Unitarian Church, and of the Chi Phi fraternity at Cornell."