in 1886 miller purchased of land, and built this house. from then until his death in 1913, he lived here, which he called "the hights". he planted the surrounding trees and he personally built, on the eminence to the north, his own funeral pyre (not used) and monuments dedicated to moses, explorer general john c. frémont, and the poets robert browning and elizabeth barrett browning. the japanese poet yone noguchi began his literary career while living in the cabin adjoining millers' during the latter half of the 1890s.