The Ferrisburgh Historical Society will host an illustrated talk on Sunday November 10 at 2:pm at the Ferrisburgh Town Offices Community Center. Refreshments provided. All Welcome.

Charles C. Miller (1866-1921) was the great grandson of Simeon Miller, one of the earliest settlers in Ferrisburgh. Charlie was a Master Builder whose work helped create the Vermont landscape we see today. From the elegant house that Charlie built on Old Hollow Road in North Ferrisburgh, to the grandeur of the East Monitor Barn in Richmond and the multitude of houses and barns scattered throughout Chittenden and Addison counties, his work reflects the Golden Age of enthusiastic growth of early twentieth century America.

Jean Richardson will set the stage for this wonderful story, describing the Family history, marriage, surviving Typhoid Fever, and rural life in that time period. She will also share some of the actual diaries of Sheldon Miller (Charles' father) from 1856 and 1859, and Charles Miller's Notebooks from 1875-1902.

Silas Towler will share some of the many newspaper articles about the work of Miller, and his large crews of men; and

Eliot Lothrop, timber framer and owner of Building Heritage in Huntington, will explain the technical aspects of Miller's work and the restoration work underway at the East Monitor Barn in Richmond.

Event Info

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