{"id":1810,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:11","latitude":46.26907978745799709940911270678043365478515625,"longitude":-106.67850390166000806857482530176639556884765625,"title":"F. V. H. Collins Residence","subtitle":"Forsyth Residential Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/2ec20721442ed133c8e12c978fed9a79.jpg","address":"389 North 11th Avenue, Forsyth, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"In 1901, prosperous rancher Thomas Hammond built “a fine residence in Forsyth … one of the architectural adornments of the city.” He and his wife, Adelaide, and their four children used the home as a town house until 1905. That year they sold the two-story, four-square residence to Fred and Jemima Collins. A prominent lawyer and real estate developer, Fred later made a fortune in coal and oil near Roundup. By 1910, the Collinses had added a one-story back addition and remodeled the front porch to create a jutting, prominent entryway. They changed the porch a second time before 1920 to feature a screened second-floor sleeping room and balustrade atop the second story. Decorative leaded glass, original fixtures, and a secret room behind the second-floor bathroom add interest to the home’s interior, as does a fireplace lined with river rocks. Local sources say that Jemima Collins collected the rocks herself, and that before bringing them inside, she placed them in a fire in the backyard to make sure they could stand the heat of a fireplace.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/d7b46cf1-3128-4e91-878d-366fcf8258f6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Forsyth Residential Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/1ba99c36-71cf-4599-bfb3-b4ec197118ab/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Forsyth Residential Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/2ec20721442ed133c8e12c978fed9a79.jpg":{"id":2540,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"F.V.H. Collins Residence","description":"F.V.H. Collins Residence (PAc 91-51 Forsyth Roll01 F15). Front to side view of the house, facing east on the corner of North 11th Avenue and Park Street. B&amp;W. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office from the Photograph Archives at the Montana Historical Society | 1988 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/2ec20721442ed133c8e12c978fed9a79.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/b39c3f0398d0a8938576829175bd6ab0.jpg":{"id":1065,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Collins and Edwards Homes","description":"F.V.H. Collins residence on left, facing west on North Eleventh Avenue, front view of home. | <a href=\"https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/104210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Montana History Portal</a> | April 1921 | Walter Dean, Jr.","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/b39c3f0398d0a8938576829175bd6ab0.jpg"}}}