How old is the Luke Miller house and who built it?
Nobody knows for sure since deeds were not recorded at the time the house was built. However, the generally accepted belief is that it was built circa 1730. The first Miller family member to live in the house was Josiah, who arrived from Long Island between 1750-59; Josiah’s father, Andrew III, had purchased the surrounding 56+ acres of land that became known as “Miller’s Station” from an Englishman, David Burnet, who bought it from the Indians. It is not known if the house existed at the time Andrew Miller bought the land or if his son or a previous property owner (i.e., David Burnet) built it. Andrew himself never lived in the house, and there’s evidence of at least 2 owners of the property prior to Andrew Miller owning it.
