Smith House - Kalispell, Montana
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BruceS
N 48° 12.334 W 114° 18.613
11U E 699839 N 5342646
Historic home in Kalispell, Montana.
Waymark Code: WM29XZ
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 09/29/2007
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Smith House
Carpenter Henry Durst built this one-and-one-half-story residence in 1907,
almost certainly for resale. the transitional Colonial Revival home, one
of the earliest and largest homes in the East North neighborhood, initially had
only five rooms. Occupying two lots into the 1950s, the house stood alone
on the west side of the block as late as 1927. Ethel and William Wotring,
who purchased the home in 1908, only lived here two years while William worked
as a bookkeeper for the Northwestern Lumber Co. The couple sold the home
to John Lebert, who sold ice harvested from the nearby backwater of the
Stillwater River. In 1914, farmer Isaac Flinchpaugh bought the home, which
he rented to Arthur and Theada Smith, Arthur owned and managed the City Transfer
Coal Company with a partner into the 1940s. The company, which delivered
coal and oil, also advertised "Fine Furniture and Pianos Carefully Moved."
By 1920, the Smiths had purchased this home, where they raised four children.
The lived here until Theada's death in 1955. Notable for it architecture,
the residence features a wraparound porch, decorative shingles in the front
gable, a side bay window, and leaded glass all characteristic of the Queen Anne
style. The most prominent design element, however, is the gambrel roof.
Associated with Colonial Revival style homes, the roof type--especially when
built with dormers--offered and economical and commodious second story by
providing a large amount of well-lit space with the added expense of
second-story walls. ~ text of plaque