Brinks House | |
Location | 416 Railroad St. Alberton, Montana |
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Coordinates | 47°0′14″N 114°28′42″W / 47.00389°N 114.47833°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1912 |
Architectural style | gable front |
MPS | Alberton MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 96001601 [1] |
Added to NRHP | January 13, 1997 |
The Brinks House at 416 Railroad Street in Alberton in Mineral County, Montana was built in 1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]
It is one of few surviving vernacular gable-front houses which were common during Alberton's early development period from 1908 to 1917. [2]
The parcel was at one point owned by John McCarthy, a real estate agent, but the first owners of the house were E.P. and Ella Brinks. E.P. Brinks was a telegraph operator for the Milwaukee Road. Brinks happened to provide Alberton with its primary water supply, because he separately bought a water system of the Milwaukee Land Company and private springs and combined them, then sold the system to the town. [2]