{"id":114,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:05","latitude":45.392436500000002297383616678416728973388671875,"longitude":-108.90931380000000672225723974406719207763671875,"title":"Dr. Theodore J. Benson House","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/3dcd0f0f9a098df9635716b584271d57.jpg","address":"10 North Montana Avenue, Fromberg, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":7,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Homesteaders who came to farm the Clarks Fork Valley in the early 1900s profoundly affected Fromberg’s growth, adding to its population and elevating its status as a regional trade and shipping center. Dr. Ted Benson, a recent graduate of the University of Minneapolis, saw Fromberg’s potential. In 1907, Dr. Benson set up practice in a two-room building (now relocated) adjacent to his newly constructed, one-story home. Expansion in 1912 added a second story and rear addition to the home, which was again enlarged in 1915. The front-facing gambrel roof with continuous dormers, wide eaves with decorative rafter and purlin tails, and a full-length front porch (enclosed circa 1927) characterize this architecturally sophisticated Colonial Revival style residence built by Edgar J. Schofield. A gable-roofed horse barn built in 1907 was enlarged in 1912 to accommodate the doctor’s Ford runabout. Two years before his retirement in 1950, Fromberg celebrated Dr. Benson’s seventy-fifth birthday, honoring him with a parade of 125 of “Doc’s babies,” a mere fraction of the some three thousand children the doctor delivered during his long practice. This attractive home today is a Fromberg landmark, representing the town’s early years and a tribute to a pioneer who served his adopted community long and well.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/c1e244a7-c6ac-460a-9210-cd7bd85b65b2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Dr. Theodore J. Benson House</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/10e29822-d537-4132-92a5-94c1c0885dde/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Dr. Theodore J. Benson House</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/3dcd0f0f9a098df9635716b584271d57.jpg":{"id":3597,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Dr. Theodore J. Benson House","description":"Dr. Theodore J. Benson House. Front view of the house, facing west. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | Sept. 1988 | Walter Nelson","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/3dcd0f0f9a098df9635716b584271d57.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/7d3090cf6a7a82180ff8bc14c41362de.jpg":{"id":3596,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Dr. Theodore J. Benson House","description":"Dr. Theodore J. Benson House. Front to side view of the house, facing northeast from the side yard of the neighbor to the west. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | Mar. 1992 | Mary McCormick","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/7d3090cf6a7a82180ff8bc14c41362de.jpg"}}}