Centre County Library & Historical Museum - Miles-Potter-Humes House

B&W photograph (date before 1858) of what is thought to be the original or near original Miles house. View is of the southeast corner of the house with Allegheny Street left to right and Howard Street on the left side. The house is confined to Lot #27 however there appears to be a stone wall parallel to Allegheny Street extending into Lot #25. Two-story stone house symmetrical in plan with large attic story under an open gable roof with large stone chimneys at either gable, and a small porch at the main entrance along Allegheny Street. Each chimney accommodated four fireplaces, two each on the 1st and 2nd floors. On the back and parallel to Howard Street is a two story stone ell with a small porched side entrance from Howard Street. The south-most wall of the ell is collinear with the Howard Street wall of the main house. This ell could have served as a kitchen given the smaller fireplace, and/or living quarters for non-family members such as housekeepers and servants. The owners were Joseph Miles (the builder), William Wilson Potter, and Lucy Winters Potter.