{"id":1646,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-08-30 20:38:25","latitude":46.876718199999999114879756234586238861083984375,"longitude":-113.99682760000001735534169711172580718994140625,"title":"John S. Johnston House","subtitle":"Missoula Downtown Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/ae1d63f6b82696f0eacece682959d3fc.jpg","address":"412 West Alder Street, Missoula, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Missoula blossomed at the turn of the twentieth century as railroad transportation facilities expanded, securing the town’s prominence as a trade, manufacturing, and lumbering center for western Montana. As Missoula gained importance, this residential area enjoyed increased status as a fashionable upper-middle-class neighborhood. Prior to 1902, builder-carpenter John S. Johnston had purchased this property, which included a small one-story wood-frame dwelling. Between 1902 and 1912 a two-story Queen Anne style addition was constructed to the front of the original structure. The finished residence was a worthy contribution to the now prestigious neighborhood. It was probably Johnston himself, working from a pattern book, who skillfully crafted the new residence around the old. The irregular plan is typical of Queen Anne design and includes a corner turret with conical roof and wide wraparound porch with Doric columns. Decorative bracketing beneath the turret roof, narrow clapboard siding, and beautiful curved and leaded glass reveal tasteful and meticulous attention to detail. A tin-ceilinged dining room and exquisite interior finishing disclose the loving hand of a talented craftsman. The original structure was altered to serve as the kitchen, but the Queen Anne addition remains an intact and remarkably well-preserved example of period architecture.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/b4f58e39-85eb-43ed-acc9-e7da3be27929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the John S. Johnston House</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/e68bfe7f-094e-4b7a-a7f6-12d2d35f1fbb/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the John S. Johnston House</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/ae1d63f6b82696f0eacece682959d3fc.jpg":{"id":6804,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"John S. Johnston House","description":"View of facade.  | Montana Historical Society | August 2026 | Arizona Duff","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/ae1d63f6b82696f0eacece682959d3fc.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/b779906fd3ac51c4cc0ed2557856fdeb.jpg":{"id":6803,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"John S. Johnston House","description":"Front to side view of facade.  | Montana Historical Society | August 2026 | Arizona Duff","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/b779906fd3ac51c4cc0ed2557856fdeb.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/a4961d2e917a708660ab919a6d4ab58b.jpg":{"id":1480,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"John S. Johnston House","description":"Front/side view of the house, facing north near the corner of West Alder and North Orange Streets. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | Mar. 2006 | Philip Maechling","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/a4961d2e917a708660ab919a6d4ab58b.jpg"}}}