Tempe Historic Property Survey

Curt W. Miller House

Survey Number: HPS-112
Name: Curt W. Miller House
Location: Demolished/formerly at 116 W. 4th Street
Year Built: c. 1911
Architectural Style: Bungaloid


This unique style house was the home of Curt W. Miller, a prominent community leader and publisher of the Tempe Daily News from 1887 until his death in 1943. Miller was involved in involved in territorial, state, and local government. He served as Tempe Postmaster, 1893-1897, and was elected Mayor of Tempe in 1922.

The Curt Miller House was built by M. H. Meyer and James W. Woolf, the leading home builders in Tempe in the early 1900s. It was built of concrete block, which was cast to look like rusticated stone. The house had arched porch and window openings, and a low parapet wall. It was demolished in 1983.


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