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Show Architect/Builder: £ ^ H Building Materials: frame stucco on adobg uildin g Type/Style: Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: ; (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) I O oc < Daniel Beckstrom ' - - - .. . . This small hipped roof house originally had only the three front rooms. The frame-lined adobe addition was added in 1914. The house is a one-^story high house with a gable directly over the front porch, both later attachments to the older 1880 structure There are several small hipped roof houses in town which are close in appearance to this house. Though the hip-roof suggests later 19th fashion, the f loorplan ;adheres to the older folk derived "hall and parlor" style. The adobes in the original part of the house. came from Vincent Major's ; dobie yard located in the same block just to the west, The lot contains a hay barn, a log granary, a log granary, a log chicken-coop and several frame outbuildings . ' The kitchen retains some of the original stenciled decorative motifs on the top of the walls. Statement of Historical Significance: D Aboriginal Americans D Agriculture Or Architecture -D Communication a Conservation D Education D Military D Mining D Minority Groups D Religion D Science ; D Socio-Humanitarian D Transportation D The Arts D Exploration/Settlement D Political D Commerce D Industry D Recreation ^ This house is worthy of attention because it demonstrates that by the late 1880' builders here were accepting modern house designs, even on more modest homes. Interesting also is the idea of using the newer elements, in this case the hipped roof, on the exterior but keeping the old plan on the interior, This house was new, but not too new! Peter Justesen 1877 Mayor's Deed. Beckstrom buys it in 1879 $250. 1877 to Louis Justesen $100, Daniel Beckstrom family owned the house through 1976, when it was purchased by Joseph Benhion. - |
