Kalispell in Flathead County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
McKeown/Braunberger House
East Side Historic District
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 19, 2020
1. McKeown/Braunberger House Marker
Inscription.
McKeown/Braunberger House. East Side Historic District. M. C. Conley, general contractor for the Conrad Mansion, constructed the gable-roofed residence that Arthur Pearmain, the Conrad Mansion's supervising architect, designed for this lot in 1895. Like many Kalispell houses of the era, the wooden home used locally quarried gray-blue argillite for the foundation. With six large rooms and an indoor bathroom, the "neat building" housed bank clerk George Phillips, his wife Annie, their two sons, and a housemaid in 1900. Although a 1907 newspaper account described the home as "one of the prettiest and most comfortable residences on the townsite," architectural fashion continued to evolve. Around 1920, William and Grace McKeown added a large addition and transformed the residence's appearance by affixing Colonial Revival style detailing, including a gambrel-roof front faηade and colonial chimney and fireplace. Constructed between 1910 and 1927, the gambrel-roof garage also helped the nineteenth-century home adapt to twentieth-century requirements. Watchmaker A. J. Braunberger and his wife Margaret purchased the residence in 1923 and nurtured the catalpa trees that still mark the Fifth Street property line. The home remained in the Braunberger family until 1962.
M. C. Conley, general contractor for the Conrad Mansion, constructed the gable-roofed residence that Arthur Pearmain, the Conrad Mansion's supervising architect, designed for this lot in 1895. Like many Kalispell houses of the era, the wooden home used locally quarried gray-blue argillite for the foundation. With six large rooms and an indoor bathroom, the "neat building" housed bank clerk George Phillips, his wife Annie, their two sons, and a housemaid in 1900. Although a 1907 newspaper account described the home as "one of the prettiest and most comfortable residences on the townsite," architectural fashion continued to evolve. Around 1920, William and Grace McKeown added a large addition and transformed the residence's appearance by affixing Colonial Revival style detailing, including a gambrel-roof front faηade and colonial chimney and fireplace. Constructed between 1910 and 1927, the gambrel-roof garage also helped the nineteenth-century home adapt to twentieth-century requirements. Watchmaker A. J. Braunberger and his wife Margaret purchased the residence in 1923 and nurtured the catalpa trees that still mark the Fifth Street property line. The home remained in the Braunberger family until 1962.
Erected by Montana Historical Society.
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Location. 48° 11.737′ N, 114° 18.204′ W. Marker is in Kalispell, Montana, in Flathead County. It is on 6th Avenue East near 5th Street East, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 444 6th Avenue East, Kalispell MT 59901, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Western Montana and in Glacier Country. It is also in the American Mountain West and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Ruperts Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Conrad/Tobie House (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Conrad/Tobie House (within shouting distance of this marker); Griffith/Conrad House (within shouting distance of this marker); Spafford House (within shouting distance of this marker); Elliot House (within shouting distance of this marker); Ross House (within shouting distance of this marker); Sliter House (within shouting distance of this marker); Phillips House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kalispell.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 19, 2020
2. McKeown/Braunberger House and Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 20, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 15, 2020, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 215 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 15, 2020, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
