The Olsen House is a historic house in Helena, Montana. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 22, 1991.[2] It stands opposite St. Peter's Cathedral.
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| Location | 516 North Park Avenue, Helena, Montana |
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| Coordinates | 46°35′33″N 112°2′23″W / 46.59250°N 112.03972°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1885 |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Vernacular Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 91000333[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 22, 1991 |
History
editThe plot of land was purchased in 1874 by Amelia Dissa, and her husband Louis Derrick built a one and a half-story cottage facing Park Avenue.[3] It was built with wood and designed in the Gothic Revival architectural style.[3]
After he died in the late 1870s, she married Ingethen Olsen, an American pioneer who owned a ranch in Fergus County, Montana, but the house remained in her name.[3] By 1884–1885, they built a two-story rectangular addition and a gable.[3] After Olsen died in 1904, his wife replaced the wooden cottage frame with a two-story front built with bluestone; it was completed in 1908–1909.[3] When she died in 1918, the house was inherited by her daughter Amelia M. Olsen, who lived there until 1946.[3]
Four years later, in 1950, the house was purchased by John Conway Harrison, who was elected as a justice of the Montana Supreme Court in 1961.[3] He lived in the house until 1988, and he sold it to Robert Haseman in 1989.[3] The house was later used as offices.[3]
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Olsen House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Olsen House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
