{"id":551,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-10-23 13:49:14","latitude":45.6751564999999999372448655776679515838623046875,"longitude":-111.0441786000000092826667241752147674560546875,"title":"Amos R. Howerton House","subtitle":"Cooper Park Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/c12fe8270f89f5d6f46212437ec1744f.jpg","address":"401 South 5th Avenue, Bozeman, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Open fields of wheat once stretched in front of this home built by carpenter Amos R. Howerton and his brother circa 1903. Its steeply pitched gables and gracious wraparound porch are hallmarks of the eclectic Queen Anne style. On its prominent corner, the home presided over the rural neighborhood. Howerton purchased two adjoining lots in 1906, likely intending to build on speculation. This, however, was not meant to be. On January 23, 1907, 42-year-old Howerton died instantly when he fell from scaffolding into electrical wires at a nearby power substation. His widow returned to Missouri and subsequent owners of the home included farmer Ferdinand Dell and the Henry J. Dewey family. The late Victorian-era residence, built with pattern book plans, features two formal front entrances. One opens into the dining room and the other into the living room, yet the two interior rooms were never divided. Although time has long obscured Howerton’s logic, it remains a poignant curiosity to present-day owners.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/e80f88a7-0cc2-4de2-a07c-a97692fba466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Cooper Park Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/020ade7c-17d5-4c89-a21e-c52dbde36bf7/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Cooper Park Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/c12fe8270f89f5d6f46212437ec1744f.jpg":{"id":6901,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Amos R. Howerton House","description":"View of facade, facing west on South 5th Avenue.  | Montana Historical Society | September 2026 | Arizona Duff","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/c12fe8270f89f5d6f46212437ec1744f.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/dc078cf595a8d7cc80c50977eee99f1f.jpg":{"id":6903,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Amos R. Howerton House","description":"Front to side view of the house, facing southwest on the corner of South 5th Avenue and West Koch Street. | Montana Historical Society | September 2026 | Arizona Duff","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/dc078cf595a8d7cc80c50977eee99f1f.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/47c93b9ae2780537927c1156bc7137e4.jpg":{"id":6902,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Amos R. Howerton House","description":"Side view of house, facing south on West Koch Street.  | Montana Historical Society | September 2026 | Arizona Duff","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/47c93b9ae2780537927c1156bc7137e4.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/ee8d392533cad92db9a79bc9b175e57e.jpg":{"id":3949,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Amos R. Howerton House","description":"Front to side view of the house, facing southwest on the corner of South 5th Avenue and West Koch Street. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | Apr. 1987 | Patricia Bick","alt":"alt=&quot;&quot;","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/ee8d392533cad92db9a79bc9b175e57e.jpg"}}}