Miller Park honors Lewis Miller, who in 1874 co-founded the Chautauqua Assembly with Methodist Bishop John Heyl Vincent, and its history is closely bound to that of Chautauqua Institution. Chautauqua's first program was held in this grove, which served as the first amphitheater, and the earliest Chautauqua homes stood around it, usually as tents on wooden platforms later developed into frame houses. Toward the lake stands the Lewis Miller bell tower on Fair Point, site of the old steamer dock that was the institution's original gateway, while nearby in the opposite direction stands the chalet-type Miller Cottage, the first permanent cottage at Chautauqua. The cottage reflected Lewis Miller's genius as one of the earliest examples of prefabrication, having been precut in Akron, Ohio, and assembled here in time for President Ulysses S. Grant's visit in 1875. Originally composed of the main structure with a tent annex to its right, the Miller Cottage was designated a Registered National Historic Landmark in 1966. Thomas Alva Edison married Lewis Miller's child Mina and was a frequent visitor to the cottage. Lewis Miller was an inventor, businessman, and educator whose talents, joined with those of Bishop Vincent, foreshadowed Chautauqua's continuing greatness.