Moment in Time Revisited

J. F. Miller, resident of Richmond, Indiana and executive for the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad, owned 4.8 acres in the Arlington Place Subdivision of Price and Griswold. In 1895 Miller contracted Frank Packard to design this “Carpenter Gothic” summer home (lower right inset). In 1953 it was purchased by Garry and Mary Myers, who operated their Highlights for Children business in a part of the house. They served as president and vice president, respectively, of the publishing company founded by his father and mother until their deaths in an air disaster in 1960. In 1983 the house, considered a significant structure because of its architectural style and detailing, was placed on the National Registry of Historic Places. The photograph is from the 1916 Country Club Development brochure and is looking north along Central Avenue (now Roxbury) with the home on the right. The lower left inset shows the home just after it was completed, and the upper left inset shows a view looking south down Central from in front of the home in 1901.

NOTE: Originally submitted to ThisWeek News for publication June 29, 2004