Address Restricted, Columbus, Indiana. County/parish: Bartholomew.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 16, 2000. NRIS 00000706.
The Miller House and Garden, also known as Miller House, is a mid-century modern home designed by Eero Saarinen at 2860 Washington Street, Columbus, Indiana, United States. The residence, commissioned by American industrialist, philanthropist, and architecture patron J. Irwin Miller and his wife Xenia Simons Miller in 1953, is now owned by Newfields. Miller supported modern architecture in the construction of a number of buildings throughout Columbus, Indiana. Design and construction on the Miller House took four years and was completed in 1957. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2000, while the Miller family still owned it. Xenia Miller, the last resident of the home, died in 2008.
In 2009, the home and gardens, along with many of the original furnishings, were donated to the Indianapolis Museum of Art by members of the Miller family. In addition to Eero Saarinen, the house and gardens showcase the work of leading 20th-century figures such as interior designer Alexander Girard, landscape architect Dan Kiley, and principal design associate at the Saarinen office, Kevin Roche.
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