Editing Miller Place, New York (section)

===Resort town===
[[File:Miller_Place_Country_General_Store.jpg|thumb|left| Built in 1890, The Miller Place Country General Store, which formerly served as a combined general store and town post office]]
In 1895 the hamlet became home to a [[Miller Place station|station]] of the [[Miller Place station|Long Island Rail Road]], which was located near the present-day intersection of Sylvan and Echo Avenues. It transported people to stops westward to [[Port Jefferson station (LIRR)|Port Jefferson]] and [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|New York City]] or eastward to [[Wading River station|Wading River]]. After the station was destroyed in a 1903 fire, a new one was built. However, this building was destroyed in 1934 by another fire, and the Eastern railroad lines were soon abandoned.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Giffen |first1=Edna Davis |last2=Kronenberg |first2=Mindy |last3=Lindemann |first3=Candace |title=Miller Place |location=Charleston, SC |publisher=Arcadia |year=2010 |page=8 |isbn=9780738573052}}</ref> In 2013 an agreement was signed between local politicians and the [[Long Island Power Authority]] (LIPA), which currently manages the strip on which the railroad operated, to convert this land into a public bicycle trail.

In the latter 19th century, Miller Place became a popular summer resort location.  This led to a building boom of beach-side bungalows, rustic log cabins, and commercial activities to accommodate the new seasonal residents. A barn-like building known as the Harbor House operated as a dormitory-style vacation house for young girls until it was destroyed in a 1962 fire.<ref>Gass, M.(1971). ''History of Miller's Place'', St. Gerard Printing.</ref> Camp Barstow, a Girl Scout camp near the beach, was active until 1980 and has since become public parkland.