William Starr Miller II | |
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Born |
New York City, New York, U.S. |
October 26, 1856
Died | September 14, 1935 New York City, New York, U.S. |
(aged 78)
Resting place | Green-Wood Cemetery |
Residence | 1048 Fifth Avenue |
Alma mater |
Harvard University Columbia Law School |
Spouse(s) | Edith Caroline Warren (m. 1886; his death 1935) |
Children | Edith Starr Miller |
Parent(s) | George Norton Miller Sarah Caroline Tucker Chace |
Relatives |
William S. Miller (uncle) Baron Queenborough (son-in-law) |
William Starr Miller II (October 26, 1856 – September 14, 1935) was a prominent New York industrialist and real estate operator.
Miller was born in New York City on October 26, 1856. He was a son of George Norton Miller I (1805–1891) and Sarah Caroline Tucker (nee Chace) (1832–1872), who were married on October 9, 1855 in Boston, Massachusetts. William was named in honor of his father's brother of the same name,William Starr Miller I (1793–1854), who served as a Representative from New York in the 29th United States Congress and died about before William II was born. His siblings were George Norton Miller Jr. (1857–1935) and Horatio Ray Miller (1861–1905).
William Starr Miller II attended Harvard University from 1874 to 1878, graduating with an A.B. degree in 1878. He then attended Columbia Law School, where he graduated in 1880 with an LL.B. degree.
In 1880, he was admitted to the New York City Bar. His original business address was 39 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York.
Miller was a member of the Knickerbocker Club and the Union Club of New York.
Miller commissioned his brother-in-law, Whitney Warren, a partner in Warren and Wetmore, to design them a French Norman-style "cottage" in Newport, Rhode Island named High Tide, with interiors by noted designer Ogden Codman. They turned to architects Carrère and Hastings, however, for their New York City residence at 1048 Fifth Avenue, in Manhattan. This house became the Neue Galerie in 2001.