{"id":1846,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:11","latitude":47.59528519999999929268597043119370937347412109375,"longitude":-115.35637070000001358494046144187450408935546875,"title":"Ainsworth House","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/b16a460d0fc2962111671265e73e8ffc.jpg","address":"911 Maiden Lane, Thompson Falls, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"In 1910, the newly incorporated town of Thompson Falls was shedding its frontier image. That year saw the organization of local power and water companies, the opening of a public library, and the construction of the town’s first Bungalow style residences. These fine new homes, proclaimed a “credit to Missoula or Spokane,” added a new dimension to the architectural landscape. One outstanding example is this 1910 carpenter-built Bungalow style home constructed from a pattern book for prominent attorney Auburn S. Ainsworth. Square columns, a full-width front porch, over-scaled wooden brackets, wide overhanging eaves, and a slight flair at the foundation reflect elements of the style. A white quartz mantle flanked by glassed-in cabinets, stained and leaded glass cabinets built into columns separating the music and living rooms, and built-in window seats reveal exquisite interior finishing. This stylish dwelling, which once boasted a fountain on the broad front lawn, well reflects the wealth of its first owner. A very shrewd and clever lawyer, Ainsworth long served as town attorney and argued some notorious cases. He once persuaded a client accused of murder to be a horse and cavort on the lawn of the old County Building. The ruse worked and the client was declared insane.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/b00397af-2f2e-417f-ad07-7dd1638363c8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Ainsworth House</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/70fee1ce-aeff-4ad0-b43c-384950d6e047/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Ainsworth House</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/b16a460d0fc2962111671265e73e8ffc.jpg":{"id":2997,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Ainsworth House","description":"Ainsworth House (PAc 91-51 Thompson Falls R02 F36). Front to side view of the house, facing west to southwest on Maiden Lane. B&amp;W. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office from the Photograph Archives at the Montana Historical Society | Oct. 1984 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/b16a460d0fc2962111671265e73e8ffc.jpg"}}}