The present-day Miles Building, with a unified façade in vernacular Art Deco style, has one of the most interesting histories among the buildings in downtown Glen Rose. It began about 1935 at its far left end, where a concrete ice vault was constructed. Here ice in 300-pound blocks was stored until it could be cut into more easily marketed 50- and 100-pound blocks or crushed into thick paper sacks that were sold out the front door. This ice house was built on concrete pedestals above the intermittent Connell Branch, which served as a convenient natural drain for the melted water. About 1945 Obie Jackson “Pop” Miles acquired the property and added a small concrete grocery store to the right side of the ice vault. Then in the late 1940s another concrete addition was made fifteen feet to the right along Barnard Street to create commercial rental space. About this time the integrated cornice was added, connecting the three parts visually. Since that time the complex building has provided space for a wide variety of enterprises including ladies dress shops, cafes, an optometrist, utility offices, jewelers, and antique shops.