{{Short description|Historic civic building in Indiana, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Miller Town Hall | nrhp_type = | image = Miller Town Hall close.jpg | caption = The Miller Town Hall in spring 2011 | location = Grand Blvd. & Miller Ave., Gary, Indiana | coordinates = {{coord|41|36|2|N|87|15|41|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Indiana#USA | area = | built = 1911 | architect = VerPlank, J.J. | architecture = | added = 1978 | refnum = 78000038<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> }}
The '''Miller Town Hall''' is a two-story brick building in the Miller Beach community in Gary, Indiana, in the United States. It was constructed to serve as the administrative building for the town of Miller, incorporated in 1907, and was used for that purpose until Miller's annexation into Gary in 1918. It later served as a fire station through much of the 20th century, and is currently used for storage only.<ref name="SHAARD">{{cite web| url = https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html| title = Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) | publisher = Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology | format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2016-05-01}} ''Note:'' This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/1cabd/N/Miller_Town_Hall_Lake_CO_Nom.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Miller Town Hall| accessdate = 2016-05-01| author=Richard N. Hagelberg| format = PDF| date=December 1976}} and Accompanying photographs.</ref>
The Miller Town Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Although the Town Hall is owned by the city, the grounds are landscaped and maintained by local volunteers, including members of the Miller Historical Society and Miller Garden Club. In 2011, the Town Hall became a flashpoint of controversy when the city government attempted to stop neighborhood volunteers from removing broken concrete from the front of the building.<ref name="posttrib">{{Cite news|url=http://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/lake/6375657-418/old-town-hall-grounds-get-groomed-despite-stop-work-order.html|title=Old Town Hall grounds get groomed despite stop work order|author=Michael Gonzalez|date=2011-07-07|access-date=2011-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905022210/http://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/lake/6375657-418/old-town-hall-grounds-get-groomed-despite-stop-work-order.html|archive-date=2011-09-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> Although the work went forward, lead volunteer James Nowacki was charged with creating a public nuisance.<ref name="crusader">{{Cite news|url=http://www.chicagocrusader.com/news-detail.aspx?newsid=1378 |title=Jim Nowacki cited for destruction of property (archived) |author=Carmen M. Woodson-Wray |work=Gary Crusader |date=2011-09-24 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407062327/http://www.chicagocrusader.com/news-detail.aspx?newsid=1378 |archivedate=April 7, 2012 }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Indiana}}
Category:City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Category:Government buildings completed in 1911 Category:National Register of Historic Places in Gary, Indiana