The Brinks House at 416 Railroad Street in Alberton in Mineral County, Montana was built in 1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

Brinks House
Brinks House in 2020
Brinks House is located in Montana
Brinks House
Brinks House is located in the United States
Brinks House
Location416 Railroad St.
Alberton, Montana
Coordinates47°0′14″N 114°28′42″W / 47.00389°N 114.47833°W / 47.00389; -114.47833
Arealess than one acre
Built1912 (1912)
Architectural stylegable front
MPSAlberton MPS
NRHP reference No.96001601[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 13, 1997

It is one of few surviving vernacular gable-front houses which were common during Alberton's early development period from 1908 to 1917.[2]

The parcel was at one point owned by John McCarthy, a real estate agent, but the first owners of the house were E.P. and Ella Brinks. E.P. Brinks was a telegraph operator for the Milwaukee Road. Brinks happened to provide Alberton with its primary water supply, because he separately bought a water system of the Milwaukee Land Company and private springs and combined them, then sold the system to the town.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b James R. McDonald; Mike Koop (1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Brinks House". National Park Service. Retrieved September 6, 2017. With photos.