{"id":1612,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:10","latitude":46.8583560000000005629772203974425792694091796875,"longitude":-113.99174399999998286148183979094028472900390625,"title":"408 Keith Avenue","subtitle":"University Area Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/0688117ba9dfb64d7f23e0cde2afb142.jpg","address":"408 Keith Avenue, Missoula, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"The 400 block of Keith boasts four Tudor Revival style homes, a testament to European influence on American architecture in the 1920s and early 1930s. Thousands of American soldiers served in Europe during World War I, and many veterans returned home with a new appreciation for European architecture. The Tudor style, with its emblematic half-timbering, steeply pitched roofs, and multi-paned windows, particularly caught their imagination. In the face of short skirts and speakeasies, the style struck a chord with Americans longing for a supposedly simpler past. While the exterior design reflected suburbanites’ ambivalence toward modernity, the homes themselves offered all the modern conveniences. This circa 1931 example features a characteristically arched, accented doorway, half-timbering in the dormer, and an asymmetrical front gable. Accents using clinker bricks—bricks purposely over-fired so they would resemble stone—add to the home’s rustic charm.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/6c366039-f63c-4dfe-a00b-6e52513d1ad4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the University Area Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/27234b9f-e046-4d17-9a5f-697320e10a9d/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the University Area Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/0688117ba9dfb64d7f23e0cde2afb142.jpg":{"id":3135,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"408 Keith Avenue","description":"408 Keith Avenue. Front to side view of the house, facing north to northeast on Keith Avenue. Digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | Jan. 2020 | Michael Connolly","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/0688117ba9dfb64d7f23e0cde2afb142.jpg"}}}