Victoria
(ca. 1895)
A wedding gift that once stood in uptown Charlotte.
1600 The Plaza, Charlotte, NC 28205
Victoria, a late nineteenth century Queen Anne style frame house, originally stood at the corner of Tryon and Seventh Streets in uptown Charlotte, next door to a second identical house. With the rapid expansion of commercial enterprises, the central urban location apparently lost its appeal, prompting the move of Victoria to its present residential site and the demolition of its mate between 1910 and 1920.
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Victoria is said to have been built about 1895 by Robert M. Miller Sr. (1823-1908) as a wedding gift for his son Robert M. Miller, Jr. (1856-1925). Miller and his sons were substantial members of the Charlotte business community. The elder Miller was an alderman for Ward One, president of the North State Club, and shared business interests with his sons in wholesale groceries, grains, cotton, and tobacco. He and Daniel A. Tompkins (1851-1914) partnered to form the D. A. Tompkins Company, an engineering firm that designed and produced textile machinery, supplies, and equipment. Miller served as the company’s president, as well as a member of the board of directors of the Commercial National Bank.
Victoria was later owned by John Walter Miller, the brother of Robert M. Miller Jr. During the first half of the twentieth century the house served a variety of owners and purposes, including as a boarding house.
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