Valentine & Margaret (Class) Miller’s impressive home, remodeled in 1892, was definitely good advertising for V Miller Lumber, his retail lumber yard & contracting business.  Miller established the firm when he moved to Kirksville in 1880; he retired and sold it to his son-in-law, Clarence J Baxter, in 1908.  Dee Riley bought the house in 1928 and remodeled it again to accommodate his residence and the Dee Riley Funeral Home.