{"id":778,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:09","latitude":46.58172540000000338977770297788083553314208984375,"longitude":-112.0369031999999833715264685451984405517578125,"title":"Ingram House","subtitle":"Helena South-Central Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/2e6f259bf9a52bae12f9d9e5d65da285.jpg","address":"237 Spencer Street, Helena, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Contractors Anton and Martin Holter, who operated Helena’s first sawmill, built this frame residence as a rental investment in 1888. Developers like the wealthy Holter brothers built a number of south-central residences during the prosperous 1880s, transforming this once rural area into a settled neighborhood. On its spacious corner fronting narrow Spencer Street, this appealing residence in the Greek Revival style features a full-width porch with central pediment and front gable roof. The porch, now enclosed, retains its nineteenth-century details, including chamfered wood posts with simple capitals and denticulated cornice. A transom and sidelights further ornament the paneled entry door. Despite a recent addition, the original floorplan remains wholly intact. The first known tenant was John Arkell, who lived in the home from 1889 to1892. Family members included a railroad clerk, a stenographer, and a student. By 1898, George Ingram, his wife Minnie, and their two children had rented the home. Ingram, a longtime Helena insurance agent, eventually purchased the property and remained here until 1921.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/2c2afcc9-c5d4-42dd-92e6-240499c476a1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Helena South-Central Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/c921dea4-8541-4ac1-b9c3-cb878d69fdbc/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Helena South-Central Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/2e6f259bf9a52bae12f9d9e5d65da285.jpg":{"id":3217,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Ingram House","description":"Ingram House. Front to side view of the house, facing east to northeast on the corner of Spencer Street and Pine Street. Digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | Jan. 2020 | Michael Connolly","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/2e6f259bf9a52bae12f9d9e5d65da285.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/7e64ec6116541f3ebe9d4b974ae604b2.jpg":{"id":3218,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Ingram House","description":"Ingram House. Front view of the house, facing east on Spencer Street near the intersection of Spencer and Pine Street. Digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | Jan. 2020 | Michael Connolly","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/7e64ec6116541f3ebe9d4b974ae604b2.jpg"}}}