Rogers House - Kalispell, Montana
Posted by: BruceS
N 48° 12.318 W 114° 18.512
11U E 699965 N 5342621
Historic Queen Anne styled home in Kalispell, Montana.
Waymark Code: WM29XB
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 09/29/2007
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Rogers House
Planned and constructed by Robert A. Rogers and his wife Hannah Elizabeth,
this distinctive home is an unusual example of an owner-designed residence of
mixed styles. built between 1901 and 1903, the Queen Anne style dwelling
features a two-story hexagonal turret, scrollwork, and turned spindles.
Dormers with steeply pitch roofs and lancet windows in the Gothic Revival style
uniquely complement the traditional Queen Anne elements. Subsequent owners
added two bathrooms and enclosed the rear porch. the kitchen features five
doors leading into the room which was typical of Kalispell homes of the era.
Rogers moved his family to Kalispell from North Dakota via the great Northern
Railway in 1899. Almost immediately he began construction on this home.
Employed as a carpenter, Rogers, Hannah, and the two eldest children worked on
the house in the mornings and evenings. The family set up living quarters
in tents and a barn where Hannah gave birth to a third child in 1901. The
family moved into the house in 1903 and the couple's fourth child was born
upstairs. Relocation of the great Northern Railway's mainline to Whitefish
slowed construction projects in Kalispell prompting Rogers to move his family to
Kennewick, Washington. Rogers worked as a contractor and continued to make
payments on his Kalispell property until 1905 when a financial crisis forced him
to sell. Kalispell Lumber Company drayman John Fishel purchased the
property and later sold it to Maurice and Anna Hansen. Anna rented the
home to various tenants until 1946. ~ text of plaque
The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
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