Bader--Jaquette House - Kalispell, Montana
Posted by: BruceS
N 48° 11.797 W 114° 19.263
11U E 699069 N 5341624
Historic Queen Anne styled house in Kalispell, Montana.
Waymark Code: WM29E3
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2007
Views: 35
Bader/Jaquette House
Carpenter Elmer Bader came to Kalispell from Wisconsin in 1891 to practice
his trade. The energetic bachelor purchased two corner lots for $1,000 in
1895 and built two modest residences, one at 521 1st Street West and one at 36
5th Avenue West. In 1897 Bader married and the couple lived in the 1st
Street house and rented out the other. Bader opened his own lumberyard in
1899 on this northeast corner where the present home is now. In addition
to lumber, he sold windows, doors, moldings, building papers, lath, and
shingles. By 1903, Bader had moved his business and was building this
residence. According to the Flathead Herald-Journal, it was to be a
"large and handsome house... that anyone might be proud of." Bader built
many homes and buildings in early Kalispell, and his own exemplary residence
reflects the stylistic details he favored. Shingles, clapboard and a
foundation of native rock provide the varied wall texture that is a hallmark of
the Queen Anne style. A recessed second-story porch with curved arches and
cutaway bay windows are typical Queen Anne features while square fluted columns
and stained and leaded class add characteristic elegance. When the Baders
moved to Eureka in 1905, farm Walter Jaquette ought this home and the 1st Street
house. Jaquette rented out both houses during the next decades, then lived
here from his retirement in 1934 until 1965. This historic residence
with its companion rentals once shared the block with the Kalispell Malting and
Brewing Company. The main house remains today a striking example of Elmer
Bader's craftsmanship. ~ text of plaque.
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
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