"While it might not seem like an Italianate cottage at first glance, the silhouette of this Cypress Hills house gives a hint to the construction date as do a few details that remain on the inside of the wood frame dwelling. At 107 Miller Avenue, the two-family has a picket fence surrounding the yard and a gate leading to a private driveway and a garage."
"The house likely dates to circa 1879 to 1881. Multiple articles in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle during those years reported on development in the area, and particularly on Miller Avenue. Some of the original Italianate detail of this house can be seen in the circa 1940 tax photo, which shows bracketed cornices along with an already altered porch. By 1898, it was home to Louis H. and Mary Stagg. Both grew up on Miller Avenue."
107 Miller Avenue is a 19th-century wood-frame two-family house likely built circa 1879–1881. A circa 1940 tax photo shows bracketed cornices and an altered porch. By 1898 Louis H. and Mary Stagg lived there; Louis operated Stagg's Studio of Music and sometimes used the house as a studio. Louis died in 1931 and Mary sold the property in 1936. A 1937 certificate of occupancy records conversion to a two-family residence arranged as two duplexes. The 22-foot-wide building includes a finished basement shown on the floor plan as a third unit with a kitchen, bedroom, and full bath.
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