Welcome to Oliver Miller Homestead

This old stone farmhouse nestled among the trees in South Park, is a sturdy remnant of frontier days. On this site, Oliver Miller first built a log home in the wilderness. Families gathered here to worship before there was a church or a minister. Sons of Oliver Miller served in the frontier militia during the American Revolution and later were involved in the Whiskey Rebellion.

The story of this family reveals a way of life and struggle for survival common to those who first settled Western Pennsylvania. Most of these frontier farmers were Scotch-Irish immigrants, some were Scottish, Welsh, and German descent.

They were a proud, frugal people with few possessions, determined to find good, cheap land.

Mission Statement

To research and study the history of the Oliver Miller family, pioneer settlers in western Pennsylvania, and their homestead located in South Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

To restore, furnish, and preserve the Miller home in a manner consistent with the lifestyle of an American pioneer family in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

To operate and maintain the Miller home as a public museum.

All in order to actively interpet, demonstrate and promote pioneer skills, values, and lifestyle as a heritage of great worth to modern Americans.

Become a Member Today

Individuals who have an interest in historical interpretation, pioneer crafts, early American life and related subjects are invited to join the Oliver Miller Homestead Associates, an informal group of volunteers dedicated to preserving and interpreting pioneer skills, values and lifestyle as a heritage of great worth to twentieth century Americans.

For more information, ask any docent or call 412-835-1554.

A Thank You !

The Oliver Miller Associates would like to thank all who attended our Special Events for 2009 and to those who visit us during the "non-event" weekends.

Also to all the docents, reenactors and others who, every week, make the Oliver Miller Homestead one of the premier historical sites in Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania.

The homestead is closed until our spring opening day on Sunday, May 2, 2010. Click on EVENTS to get a printable PDF for 2010 events.