{"id":421,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:07","latitude":48.196462900000000217914930544793605804443359375,"longitude":-114.305513000000019019353203475475311279296875,"title":"Donovan House","subtitle":"East Side Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/7f98ba631882266dce9277cb85d2c587.jpg","address":"320 5th Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"A small one-story dwelling stood on this lot in 1894, just three years after Great Northern Railroad officials founded Kalispell. Builders may have incorporated the original wooden house into the current gable-front-and-wing residence, built by 1899. Although most neighbors’ backyards had either chicken coops or stables, this one-story home only had a small shed at the alley until owners added a garage between 1910 and 1927. Almost from the start, the well-situated home with inviting front porch was a desirable rental for Kalispell’s growing middle class. By 1900, Charles Peplow, the manager of a flour mill, lived here with his wife Eva. The Peplows were active in Kalispell society; an article in the August 1900 Kalispell Bee reported that Mrs. Peplow decorated the home with sweet peas and nasturtiums when she entertained “lady friends” with a “needle threading contest.” The home’s most beloved resident was teacher Jennie Donovan, who purchased it in 1930 with her sister Ann. An inspired first-grade teacher who frequently gave food and clothing to students in need, Miss Donovan lived here until her death in 1947.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/327a1cd2-8c29-4b4d-aef9-85fda060a8a9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the East Side Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/bf86f980-7198-4b0a-90c5-671ee0bbda46/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the East Side Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/7f98ba631882266dce9277cb85d2c587.jpg":{"id":4578,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Donovan House","description":"Donovan House. Front view of the house, facing east on 5th Avenue East. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | Oct. 1980 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/7f98ba631882266dce9277cb85d2c587.jpg"}}}