[Source: Carol Sowers, Arizona Republic] -- JoAnn Handley, coordinator of the Scottsdale Historical Museum, stood inside the restored 1915 Charles Miller House on Saturday, reliving memories. Handley is a distant relative to Miller, whose name is attached to Miller Road. "I used to be in and out of this house all of the time," Handley said, standing in the dining room partly lined with dark built-in cabinets.
She joined city preservation officials in considering whether to include the Craftsman-style home at 69th and First streets on the city's list of historical homes. A tour was also conducted Saturday at nearby garden apartments that have been turned into condominiums. The city's volunteer Historic Register Committee, an arm of the city-appointed Historic Preservation Commission, will meet June 13 and may vote on whether to recommend the house for designation. The full commission, which advises the City Council, may take action on the house in August. The tour was open to the public but only a couple of passers-by stopped to take pictures.
Only the home's pale green and cream exterior with its welcoming wood porch would qualify for the designation because the bathroom and kitchen no longer fit the period, said Richard Funke, who owns and restored the Scottsdale home. If the house makes the cut, he could qualify for up to $10,000 in matching city funds for further restoration. But Funke's decision to put a metal roof on the house could be a sticking point. Debbie Abele, Scottsdale's preservation office, said homes of that period typically had machine-sawed flat-wood roofs. Funke disagrees.
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