Threat

With Xenia Miller’s death early in 2008, the property ceased to be a family home. The heirs, while not wishing to retain ownership, are keenly interested in securing the property’s long-term preservation and its availability to the public for educational purposes.

The property is at a watershed moment in its history.

If it is to make the transition from private home to public site, its care must transfer to an organization capable of meeting its many challenges. Adequate stewardship for the property will require physical maintenance of the house, its associated collections, ancillary buildings, and landscape, as well as capability for interpretation and public programming. All these, in turn, will require marshalling significant financial resources to establish an endowment that will provide ongoing funding. Failure to effect such a transition may place the property in jeopardy of being offered on the open market, leaving its preservation and future public access in question.

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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


Columbus, Indiana Miller Garden Intro history threat help learn Photo © Tygan Miller Threat With Xenia Miller’s death early in 2008, the property ceased to be a family home. The heirs, while not wishing to retain ownership, are keenly interested in securing the property’s long-term preservation and its availability to the public for educational purposes. The property is at a watershed moment in its history. If it is to make the transition from private home to public site, its care must transfer to an organization capable of meeting its many challenges. Adequate stewardship for the property will require physical maintenance of the house, its associated collections, ancillary buildings, and landscape, as well as capability for interpretation and public programming. All these, in turn, will require marshalling significant financial resources to establish an endowment that will provide ongoing funding. Failure to effect such a transition may place the property in jeopardy of being offered on the open market, leaving its preservation and future public access in question. back \| next	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