{"id":971,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:10","latitude":46.8614924364658946842610021121799945831298828125,"longitude":-113.9809594385459377008373849093914031982421875,"title":"Prescott House","subtitle":"The University of Montana Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/c07b0404cbf356d41184a18637b6f41e.jpg","address":"32 Campus Drive, Missoula, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Prominent state legislator and county commissioner Clarence R. Prescott homesteaded here in 1891, planting a vast orchard of plum, cherry, pear, and apple trees. In 1898, Prescott replaced his original log dwelling with this beautiful Queen Anne style residence. The home was patterned after the childhood home of Prescott’s wife Julia, a schoolteacher, who had come to Montana from Pennsylvania in 1880. Today the Prescott homestead is one of the few remaining links to the agricultural foundations of Missoula. The property was owned by the family until 1955 when the University of Montana purchased the Prescott acreage. Son Clarence Prescott, Jr., was then granted life tenancy of the house and one acre.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Public","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/20813bab-709f-4f3e-a723-150e7c0dbd3f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the University of Montana Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/36b2236f-1a00-41f0-b8f2-e9474c588162/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the University of Montana Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/c07b0404cbf356d41184a18637b6f41e.jpg":{"id":3147,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Prescott House","description":"Prescott House. Front to side view of the house, facing east to northeast on the eastern side of campus near Washington-Grizzly Stadium (north) and the University Center (west). Mount Sentinel is featured in the background. Digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | Jan. 2020 | Michael Connolly","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/c07b0404cbf356d41184a18637b6f41e.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/6d866c19657ff54c10e62118b5058f65.jpg":{"id":3148,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Prescott House","description":"Prescott House. Front view of the house, facing east on the eastern border of the University of Montana campus with Mount Sentinel in the background. Digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | Jan. 2020 | Michael Connolly","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/6d866c19657ff54c10e62118b5058f65.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/42fc3e1983c6e1b03cb105e7b0443719.jpg":{"id":3149,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Prescott House","description":"Prescott House. Front to side view of the house, facing east to southeast. Digital photograph. | Montana Historical Society | Jan. 2020 | Michael Connolly","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/42fc3e1983c6e1b03cb105e7b0443719.jpg"}}}