Olsen House (Helena, Montana)

Olsen House
Location 516 North Park Avenue, Helena, Montana
Coordinates 46°35′33″N 112°2′23″W / 46.59250°N 112.03972°W / 46.59250; -112.03972Coordinates: 46°35′33″N 112°2′23″W / 46.59250°N 112.03972°W / 46.59250; -112.03972
Area less than one acre
Built 1885
Architectural style Italianate, Vernacular Italianate
NRHP reference # 91000333[1]
Added to NRHP March 22, 1991

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.

History

The 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

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Olsen House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Olsen House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
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