{"id":2711,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-07-30 16:24:26","latitude":48.55162697514931124942449969239532947540283203125,"longitude":-109.682776951776787655035150237381458282470703125,"title":"Gussenhoven House","subtitle":"Havre Residential Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/ed32e5ac33f2471714378b309aac8ea6.jpg","address":"26 3rd Street, Havre, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Joseph and Susanne Gussenhoven built this two-and-one-half-story Free Classic Queen Anne style home, known locally as “the Castle,” in 1903. Particular to this style are the irregular roofline, octagonal corner tower, textured walls, large porches, and Free Classic detailing, including Doric columns supporting the porch roof. Joseph Gussenhoven owned a lumber mill, brickyard, and lumberyard, located just west of the home, and used materials from his own businesses to construct the residence. The son of Dutch immigrants, he was a prominent entrepreneur (other businesses included a steam laundry and a cigar factory), contractor, real estate developer, newspaper publisher, and banker. This imposing brick residence, valued at a princely $8,000 in 1903, reflected and amplified his status, as well as providing room for his large family of eight children. The Gussenhovens moved in 1929, after their children were grown. In 1930, the substantial building offered lodging to ten single men, including two pharmacists, two car salesmen, a realtor, telegrapher, barber, policeman, journalist, and laborer. However, by 1941, Joseph and Susanne Gussenhoven once again occupied the home, where they lived on and off into the 1950s.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/07664d26-5fe1-46bf-bb69-b2b8714c89c8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Havre Residential Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/6675d5b9-cf90-448e-ae54-871a9dff9873/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Havre Residential Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/ed32e5ac33f2471714378b309aac8ea6.jpg":{"id":2857,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Gussenhoven House","description":"Gussenhoven House (PAc 91-51 Havre R01 F31). Front to side view of the house, facing southwest on 3rd Street. B&amp;W. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office from the Photograph Archives at the Montana Historical Society | Nov. 1987 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/ed32e5ac33f2471714378b309aac8ea6.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/706d32d69da279ca1dd8af23709a540a.jpg":{"id":2858,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Gussenhoven House","description":"Gussenhoven House (PAc 91-51 Havre R01 F32). Front to side view of the house, facing south to southwest on 3rd Street. Closer view of the house near the front sidewalk leading to the stairs. B&amp;W. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office from the Photograph Archives at the Montana Historical Society | Nov. 1987 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/706d32d69da279ca1dd8af23709a540a.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/7a3b54f5860b3e1db75c79cc8ee04f32.jpg":{"id":2859,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Gussenhoven House","description":"Gussenhoven House (PAc 91-51 Havre R01 F33). Front view of the house, facing south on 3rd Street. B&amp;W. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office from the Photograph Archives at the Montana Historical Society | Nov. 1987 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/7a3b54f5860b3e1db75c79cc8ee04f32.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/original/d35ece66c6339617aeeb29a0eab3df64.pdf":{"id":6629,"mime-type":"application/pdf","title":"Havre Residential Historic District","description":"Nomination Documentation. This document is an accessible remediation of the original 1989 scanned nomination form. | <a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/07664d26-5fe1-46bf-bb69-b2b8714c89c8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Original NPS Havre Residential Historic District nomination</a> | 2026 remediation | Montana Historical Society","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/d35ece66c6339617aeeb29a0eab3df64.jpg"}}}