Timothy Edwards Collins Mansion

Historic house in Montana, United States

United States historic place


Collins, Timothy Edward, Mansion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


47°30′36″N 111°19′43″W / 47.51000°N 111.32861°W / 47.51000; -111.32861
Area	1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built	1891
Architectural style	Eclectic
NRHP reference No.	80002402^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 27, 1980

The Collins Mansion is a historic home in Great Falls, Montana, United States. The mansion was built in 1891 by Irish born Timothy Edward Collins, a local businessman who initially traveled to Montana during the gold rush. This, his second Great Falls residence was one of the town's first homes built on the west side of the Missouri River.^[2] The brick home, now covered in a stucco facade from the 1960s, is classified as Edwardian and Norman Shaw Queen Anne styles and was Great Falls' first home to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[3] Despite the now hidden brick facade, much of the original, exterior, Victorian details remain today untouched: classical modillions on the third floor dormer, egg-and-dart-crowned porch columns, dentillation beneath the cornice, and fluted pilasters flanking the mullions in the front windows. The mansion's interior contains quarter sawn oak, maple, cherry, birch, and eastern pine woodwork throughout.^[4]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Small Inns and B&Bs Loom Large in Montana". Archived from the original on 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
^ [1] Archived 2013-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Collins Mansion~Great Falls Montana Bed and Breakfast". Archived from the original on 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2010-04-27.