The Abraham and Mary Walton Hogeland House, at 620 W. Montana St. in

Lewistown, Montana Lewistown is a city in and the county seat of Fergus County, Montana, United States. The population was 5,952 at the 2020 census. Lewistown is located in the geographic center of the state, southeast of Great Falls and northwest of Billings. Fir ...

, was built in c. 1900. It has also been known as the Frank and OlaMay Hogeland House. It was listed on the

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in 2007. It is an L-shaped two-story building with a gable-front and wing, and an intersecting gable roof. It was originally covered with wood

clapboard Clapboard (), also called bevel siding, lap siding, and weatherboard, with regional variation in the definition of these terms, is wooden siding of a building in the form of horizontal boards, often overlapping. ''Clapboard'' in modern Americ ...

, but front and sides were covered with asbestos shingle siding in 1942. It has boxed eaves, with full gable returns and raking molding. It occupies a corner lot; its gable front faces southeast onto W. Montana St.; its southwest side is along 7th Ave. The southwest side has have two

dormers A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a pitched roof. A dormer window (also called ''dormer'') is a form of roof window. Dormers are commonly used to increase the usable space ...

breaking the roofline, and another dormer faces southeast from the wing which extends to the northeast. A c. 1945 wood-frame garage is directly behind the house, relative to the street corner, connecting at the north corner of the house.The garage was built by Frank Hogeland, son of Abraham and Mary. The NRHP nomination mentions the garage as a two-story c.1945 building on its second page, and the c.1945 date is supported on page 5, although the garage is described as a one-and-a-half-story building constructed c.1960 on page 6. The building originally served as the Fort Maginnis Bachelor Officer's Quarters, at

Fort Maginnis Fort Maginnis was established during the Indian wars in the Department of Dakota by the U.S. Army. It was the last of five forts: Keogh (1876), Custer (1877), Missoula (1877), Assinniboine (1879), and Maginnis (1880) - built following the defeat ...

, which closed in the late 1800s. Abraham Hogeland bought this and another one of its buildings, dismantled them, and had them reconstructed in Lewistown in 1900. The house reflects the Hogeland's decision to move to town from their ranch, and was deemed significant as a representation of local trends. Specifically "the property is representative of the transition of Lewistown from a trading post to thriving social, economic, and civil center." Also, the "historic alterations in design and materials to the building are significant representations of economic and design trends through the first half of the twentieth century." Includes historic photos. It is

Late Victorian Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century. ''Victorian'' refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian we ...

in style. It was built by carpenter William Cruse. A historic plaque was placed on the sidewalk in front of the house in 2013.Google Streetview, imagery captured August 2013, accessed January 11, 2020.

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