Miles City in Custer County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
Anderson Bungalow
East Main Street Residential Historic District
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, September 11, 2020
1. Anderson Bungalow Marker
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Anderson Bungalow. East Main Street Residential Historic District. Real estate speculation abounded in the East Main district when carpenter Ernest Anderson built this lovely one- and-a-half-story bungalow in 1916. Its large front porch, supported by heavy, tapered columns, and its low- pitched roofs with overhanging eaves and triangular braces clearly mark this house as a Craftsman style bungalow, one of the most fashionable house styles during this period. Anderson probably never intended this house for his own home; rather, he saw it as an investment and an advertisement of his carpentering skills. From 1918 to 1928 the bungalow was used as rental property. Its tenants included Charles D. Jones, general manager of the Yellowstone Lumber Company. Some time before 1928, when it was sold to Harmon Bright, then vice president of First National Bank, and his wife Mary, the bungalows characteristic open front and side porches,
Real estate speculation abounded in the East Main district when carpenter Ernest Anderson built this lovely one- and-a-half-story bungalow in 1916. Its large front porch, supported by heavy, tapered columns, and its low- pitched roofs with overhanging eaves and triangular braces clearly mark this house as a Craftsman style bungalow, one of the most fashionable house styles during this period. Anderson probably never intended this house for his own home; rather, he saw it as an investment and an advertisement of his carpentering skills. From 1918 to 1928 the bungalow was used as rental property. Its tenants included Charles D. Jones, general manager of the Yellowstone Lumber Company. Some time before 1928, when it was sold to Harmon Bright, then vice president of First National Bank, and his wife Mary, the bungalows characteristic open front and side porches,
Location. 46° 24.513′ N, 105° 50.003′ W. Marker is in Miles City, Montana, in Custer County. It is on Main Street (State Highway 59) near North Strevell Avenue, on the left
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when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2119 Main Street, Miles City MT 59301, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Montana, in Custer Country and in the Powder River Basin. It is also in the American Mountain West, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, on the prairies, on the Great Plains, and specifically on the Northern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Ruperts Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, September 11, 2020
2. Anderson Bungalow and Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 23, 2021. It was originally submitted on January 6, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 218 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on January 6, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
