This house was built by Dick Miller, a Rural Hall merchant and the owner of a broom factory.  This house features an unusual "water tower"  from which running water was supplied to the residence.   According to local tradition, the Miller House was the first house in Rural Hall to having running water. After the Millers, the house was owned by R. M. Cox who sold it to Dewey Shropshire, the long-term clerk of Rural Hall and former mayor.