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 East Pine Street Historic District - Missoula, MT Posted by:  T0SHEA
N 46° 52.357 W 113° 59.511
12T E 272009 N 5195355
This upscale residential district with formal boulevard has evolved from about 1875 to the 1950s, exhibiting many forms and styles of architecture employed in Missoula from Queen Anne Victorian to more contemporary twentieth century styles.
Waymark Code: WMKNRD
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 05/07/2014
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Missoula’s evolution from trading post to railroad center, university town, and federal government hub is revealed in this distinctive downtown residential neighborhood. Francis L. Worden, among Missoula’s most influential early merchants and leaders, built his home here in 1874-1875. Political leader Joseph Dixon built his home in 1891, modifying it through 1921 as he served in the House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and as Montana’s governor in 1920. Other early business and civic leaders built large homes at the west end of the district as the arrival of the Northern Pacific in 1883 spurred Missoula’s growth.
With the University’s development in the late 1890s and construction of original portions of the Federal Building in 1911, the district attracted construction of apartments and smaller residences. The district’s architecture reflects sixty years of evolution featuring Queen Anne styling with turrets, asymmetrical features, decorative shingles, and the more symmetrical Neo-classical style. East Pine Street, with its boulevard and unique centered medians, is the product of Francis Worden’s imported maple trees and Joseph Dixon’s 1915 petition to the city for creation of a formal boulevard. This landscaped corridor pulls together a slice of Missoula’s early development.
From the NRHP Plaque
Street address:
East Pine Street and environs
Missoula, MT USA
59802
County / Borough / Parish: Missoula County
Year listed: 1989
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Politics/Government, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History
Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Historic function: Domestic, Government - Government Office, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current function: Domestic, Government - Business, Government Office, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Privately owned?: yes
Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2014 To: 12/31/2014
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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