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Whaley Homestead

Coordinates: 46°33′03″N 114°04′36″W / 46.55083°N 114.07667°W / 46.55083; -114.07667
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Whaley Homestead
Whaley Homestead is located in Montana
Whaley Homestead
Whaley Homestead is located in the United States
Whaley Homestead
Nearest cityStevensville, Montana
Coordinates46°33′03″N 114°04′36″W / 46.55083°N 114.07667°W / 46.55083; -114.07667
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Builtc.1885
Built byPeter Whaley
NRHP reference No.91000442[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 26, 1992

The Whaley Homestead, in Ravalli County, Montana near Stevensville, Montana, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. The listing included four contributing buildings and four contributing sites.[1]

The property was settled by Peter Whaley in 1877. The first building on the site was a log house he built in 1879, which was used for many years as a secondary residence, but burned in 1916. He built the surviving large log-framed house by 1885. It is a two-story log building with pine and some larch weatherboard siding, built upon a rubble stone foundation. The framing employs square-hewn logs about 12 inches (0.30 m) wide, which are dovetailed and chinked with mortar. Absence of weathering suggests the siding was added soon after original construction.

There are three outbuildings and foundations of four other outbuildings included in the listing.[2]

The property is located on Wildfowl Road west of the East Side Highway in the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Chere Jiusto; Nathan Latta (November 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Whaley Homestead". National Park Service. Retrieved August 29, 2019. With accompanying 13 photos from 1990