Miller Garden

Columbus, Indiana

Designed by Dan Kiley

“If the Miller Garden was not ready to be seen as an icon 20 years ago, it may be also that to some extent our eyes were not ready to perceive it as an icon until 20 years had passed and the tenets of modernism had seeped into our perceptual mechanisms.”
- Peter Walker, Land Forum (1999)

Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000, the Miller House and Garden exemplify Modernism.

Architects Eero Saarinen and Kevin Roche, interior designer Alexander Girard, and landscape architect Dan Kiley, working closely with their clients unified the landscape and the interior of the Miller home through orderly and highly structured elements with an emphasis on orthogonal geometry. Considered to be Kiley’s masterwork residential commission, he planned the property on an axis defined by an allée of honey locust trees that extends to the limits of the property. The property served as the family’s residence until Mrs. Miller’s death in February, 2008. The family hopes to preserve the 13-acre property as a public site for educational purposes. With proper stewardship and endowment, the Miller House and Garden will stand as an icon of Modernism for future generations. more...

Courtesy Indianapolis Museum of Art

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education partners

Additional Sponsors

American Society of Landscape Architects’ Indiana, Pennsylvania/Delaware, Minnesota, Northern California, Texas, Upstate New York, and Washington Chapters • Astorino • Charles Butt • Design Within Reach • Topher Delaney • Sandy Donnell & Justin Faggioli • Fathom • Tom Fox • Hillman Foundation • Indianapolis Museum of Art • Lorraine Osmundson • Richard T. Murphy • National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Northeast, Southwest, and Western Offices- with funds from the Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation of New York, Dodge Jones Foundation Intervention Fund, and Eastern Massachusetts Preservation Fund • James Richards • Seibert & Rice • Diana & Bruce Shuman • Ann Stack • SWA Group • TBG Partners • Michal and Jeffrey William Tincup • Unilock Inc. • The Woltz Charitable Trust


Miller Garden Columbus, Indiana Designed by Dan Kiley Intro history threat help learn “If the Miller Garden was not ready to be seen as an icon 20 years ago, it may be also that to some extent our eyes were not ready to perceive it as an icon until 20 years had passed and the tenets of modernism had seeped into our perceptual mechanisms.” - Peter Walker, Land Forum (1999) Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000, the Miller House and Garden exemplify Modernism. Architects Eero Saarinen and Kevin Roche, interior designer Alexander Girard, and landscape architect Dan Kiley, working closely with their clients unified the landscape and the interior of the Miller home through orderly and highly structured elements with an emphasis on orthogonal geometry. Considered to be Kiley’s masterwork residential commission, he planned the property on an axis defined by an allée of honey locust trees that extends to the limits of the property. The property served as the family’s residence until Mrs. Miller’s death in February, 2008. The family hopes to preserve the 13-acre property as a public site for educational purposes. With proper stewardship and endowment, the Miller House and Garden will stand as an icon of Modernism for future generations. more... Courtesy Indianapolis Museum of Art	Boston City Hall Plaza Boston, Massachusetts Estates Drive Reservoir Oakland, California Heritage Plaza Heritage Park Fort Worth, Texas Kaiser Roof Garden Kaiser Center Oakland, California Lake Elizabeth Allegheny Commons Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Manhattan Square Park Rochester, New York Mill Creek Canyon Earthworks Kent, Washington Miller Garden Columbus, Indiana El Monte Hato Rey, Puerto Rico Pacific Science Center Courtyard Seattle, Washington Parkmerced San Francisco, California Peavey Plaza Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, Minnesota Home \| Map \| Exhibit \| Artists \| Press
education partners Additional Sponsors American Society of Landscape Architects’ Indiana, Pennsylvania/Delaware, Minnesota, Northern California, Texas, Upstate New York, and Washington Chapters • Astorino • Charles Butt • Design Within Reach • Topher Delaney • Sandy Donnell & Justin Faggioli • Fathom • Tom Fox • Hillman Foundation • Indianapolis Museum of Art • Lorraine Osmundson • Richard T. Murphy • National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Northeast, Southwest, and Western Offices- with funds from the Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation of New York, Dodge Jones Foundation Intervention Fund, and Eastern Massachusetts Preservation Fund • James Richards • Seibert & Rice • Diana & Bruce Shuman • Ann Stack • SWA Group • TBG Partners • Michal and Jeffrey William Tincup • Unilock Inc. • The Woltz Charitable Trust